Kuwait plans to sell shares in Az-Zour North Independent Water & Power Project to the public in mid-2017, state news agency Kuna reported on Saturday. The Az-Zour North One plant has a capacity of at least 1,500 MW and is structured as a public-private partnership (PPP).
The project is 40 percent owned by three partners: France's Engie, Japan's Sumitomo Corporation and Kuwaiti firm AH Al Sagar & Brothers. Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund the Kuwait Investment Authority, the Public Institution for Social Security, and the PPP body Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), together hold 60 percent. A public share sale was a condition for the project, once construction was finished. It was completed on November 26, according to Sumitomo's website. Kuwait's government will offer 50 percent of Az-Zour to Kuwaiti citizens, the agency quoted general manager Mutlaq Al-Sanei at KAPP as saying.