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Saudi Arabia Power & Water Industry Overview - May 2010

May 2010 | 74 pages | ID: S2A39A50CD0EN
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Amidst the global economic downturn in 2009, an industry which has attracted the fifth largest investment in the world is the Power and Water desalination industry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As the country diversifies from being the world’s largest producer of oil to a rapidly industrializing economy, infrastructure is struggling to keep up and the utilities sector in particular faces a widening gap between demand and supply. Traditionally low tariffs coupled with rigidity to upward revisions across the power and water sectors have made it difficult for the government alone to expand capacities to cater to rising demand on a profitable scale, necessitating privatization that has been the buzzword of the decade.
 
However, the pace of progress across the sector has been hampered by a number of socio economic factors, including global economic conditions, private investors facing global credit shortage, slow pace of privatization and reform in the kingdom and factors more specific to the industry such as low tariffs that do not recover costs, lack of metering and past sectoral policies that encourage wastage and widen demand supply gap.
 
Measures have been instituted to change these restraints to the growth of the industry to its best potential, including research on alternative fuels that would reduce costs and conserve non-renewable resources and policy actions to check wastage of existing resources in the power and water sectors such as withdrawal of subsidies to agriculture and instead rely on imports to meet domestic demand. The effects of these measures are likely to be witnessed over a period of time.
 
Ventures Middle East with its vast experience on up to date tracking of the power and water projects across the Middle East, aims to study the drivers and restraints to the growth of the power and water desalination industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It studies the industry in terms of its size, its key players, with a statistical overview of the most recent construction spend and contractor awards in the sector. The report also conducts a probability impact study of the various political, economic, social, technological, legislative and environmental trends impacting the power and water desalination industry in Saudi Arabia.
 
This study is a critical guide to understanding the forces that produce the changes in the power and water markets and in making informed decisions on the industry.
Executive Summary
 
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2010 at a Glance
KSA and its Regional Associations to Increase Global Competitiveness
 
The KSA Power and Water Desalination Industry Overview
 
Power and Water Desalination Industry Overview
Industry Structure
Factors Influencing Power and Water Desalination Industry- a PESTLE Analysis
Significant Political Influences on the Industry
1. Conservative Government Policies Mar Project Attractiveness
2. Privitization and Investment Drive Development of Utilities
3. Significant Policy Decisions Shape Utilities Growth
Agriculture Imports to Replace Self-sufficiency to Conserve Utilities
Economic Diversification to Reduced Dependence on Oil to Spurt Utilities Demand
Significant Economic Influences on the Industry
1. Availability of Easier Credit and Sovereign Backing Fuels Development in Utilities
2. Subsidized Tariffs Widens Demand Supply Gap and Deters Power Projects
3. Greater Investment across Sectors, Real Estate and Tourism Increasing Demand for Utilities
Significant Social Influences to the Growth of the Industry
1. Population Growth and Urbanization Drives Utilities Growth
Legal and Regulatory Changes influencing the Industry
1. Overhaul of Judicial System to meet International standards and attract Investors in the Economy and Utilities sector
2. Simplification of Business Startup procedures in the Kingdom to improve Ease of Doing Business in the Utilities Sector
3. Codification and Internationalization of laws to make ease of legal operating in the Kingdom’s legal system for global investors in the Utilities sector
Technological Factors Driving Utilities
1. Insurgence of Alternative Fuels Reduces Hydrocarbon Dependencies in Utility Sector
2. Overhaul of existing plants to increase lifespan
Environmental Influences on the Utilities Sector
1. Renewable Energy sources Encouraged to Conserve Utilities
Harnessing solar energy for Desalination
2. Measures to Check Wastage and Conserve Utilities
 
The KSA Power Sector Overview
 
The Power Sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Power Losses across Generation, Transmission and Distribution
Widening Gap between Power Demand and Supply in KSA
New Proposed Industry Structure
Advent of Alternative Energy Sources
Expansion Financing Troubles in the Global Downturn

KSA Water Desalination Sector Overview

Focus on Agricultural imports to conserve water
Water Conservation Measures
Privatization as a Key Measure to improve infrastructure
Market Overview
The KSA Power and Water Desalination Market
Major Clients
Saudi Electric Company (SEC)
Ministry of Water and Electricity (MOWE), Saudi Arabia
Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)
Major Consultants
Major Contractors
Arabian BEMCO Contracting, Saudi Arabia
Alstom Power, Saudi Arabia
Al Mabani General Contractors, Saudi Arabia
Conclusion
The Power and Water Desalination Industry: Major Drivers and Restraints, 2010
The KSA Power and Water Desalination Industry-The Path Ahead
 
Code of Ethics
Ventures Onsite - MENA Projects Database
 
LIST OF FIGURES
 
Figure 1: Saudi Arabia at a Glance
Figure 2: Share of Public Utilities in GDP Saudi Arabia, 2009
Figure 3: Structure of the Power and Water Desalination Industry 2010
Figure 4: PESTLE Analysis of Saudi Arabia
Figure 5: GDP and Population Growth, Saudi Arabia, 1974-2010
Figure 6: Impact Probability Matrix
Figure 7: Generation Capacity and Peak Demand, Saudi Arabia, 1971-2010
Figure 8: Power Sold and Number of Subscribers Saudi Arabia, 1971-2010
Figure 9: Shares of Electricity Consumption by Segment, Saudi Arabia, 2008
Figure 10: Proposed ECRA structure on Completion of Restructuring and Privatization
Figure 11: Annual Production of Water, Saudi Arabia, 1980 to 2010
Figure 12: Trends in Contracts Awarded in KSA Power and Water Desalination Market, 2008 to 2013
Figure 13: Construction Spend Trends in KSA Power and Water Desalination Market, 2008 to 2013
 
LIST OF TABLES
 
Table 1: Major Economic Indicators
Table 2: Funding Requirements of the Expansion in the Power Sector Segments, Saudi Arabia, 2010
Table 3: Power Generation Projects and Capacity in Saudi Arabia, 2008
Table 4: Electricity Generated and Lost, Saudi Arabia, 2007-2008
Table 5: Major Clients in KSA Power and Water Desalination Industry
Table 6: Major Consultants in KSA Power and Water Desalination Industry
Table 7: Major Contractors in KSA Power and Water Desalination Industry
Table 8: Drivers and Restraints to the Growth of the Power and Water Desalination Industry and its Markets


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