Saudi Electricity Co signs $900 mln KEXIM-backed loan for Shuqaiq plant
- Saudi Electricity Co SEC signed a $900 million loan agreement with the Export-Import Bank of Korea KEXIM and other international lenders to help finance Shuqaiq power plant's construction, the utility said on Sunday.
The facility has a 13.25-year lifespan and is guaranteed by KEXIM. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Deutsche Bank and Santander are among the lenders providing funding, the bourse statement said.
State-controlled SEC, the largest utility company in Saudi Arabia, has previously said that it expects the total cost of the project to be $3.2 billion.
It signed a contract in 2013 with South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. to build the 2,640 megawatt Shuqaiq power plant in southwestern Jizan province.
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