Al Dur 1 IWPP
Seawater RO + power, 218,000 m3/day (48 MIGD) and 1,234 MW in Bahrain.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Bahrain
- Location
- Al Dur
- Coordinates
- 25.971, 50.609
- Technology
- Seawater RO + power
- Capacity
- 218,000 m3/day (48 MIGD) and 1,234 MW
- Capital cost
- US$2.1 billion
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Al Dur Power and Water Company, developed by GDF Suez and Gulf Investment Corporation; off-taker the Electricity and Water Authority on a 20-year power and water purchase agreement
- Contractor
- Hyundai Heavy Industries (EPC), with Degremont supplying the reverse osmosis plant and General Electric the turbines
- Operator
- Al Dur Power and Water Company
- Finance
- US$1.6 billion closed on 30 July 2009 with twenty international, regional and Islamic banks and the Export-Import Bank of the United States
- Award or start year
- 2008
- Commissioned
- 2012
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2008-08
Project awarded to the GDF Suez and Gulf Investment Corporation consortium on 28 August
- 2009-07
US$1.6 billion financing closed on 30 July
- 2012-04
Completion ceremony held on 30 April
- 2012
Plant in commercial operation at 1,234 MW and 218,000 m3/day
Sources
8 references
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- Electricity and Water Authority, Our Journey. ewa.bh.
- Under 2008, Al Dur Power and Water Station phase 1 launched at 370 MW and phase 2 of the Al Dur project produced 1,234 MW of power and 48 million gallons of water a day.
- The Korea Herald, Hyundai Heavy completes power, desalination plants in Bahrain, 1 May 2012. koreaherald.com.
- Completion ceremony held on 30 April 2012 with the King of Bahrain, project worth about US$1.7 billion, gas-fired combined cycle units generating up to 1,245 MW and desalinating 218,000 m3 of water, about 40 per cent of Bahrain's electricity and 12 per cent of its desalination.
- Power Engineering, GIC and GDF Suez secure funding for Bahrain's Al Dur IWPP. power-eng.com.
- (bot-walled to curl, returns 403; readable through a rendering fetcher) total project cost US$2.1 billion, US$1.6 billion financing closed 30 July 2009, EPC by Hyundai Heavy Industries, RO by Degremont, turbines by General Electric.
- Power Engineering, GDF Suez wins power and desalination project in Bahrain. power-eng.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
(also bot-walled to curl) project awarded 28 August 2008, 1,234 MW and 218,000 m3/day by reverse osmosis, EWA sole off-taker on a 20-year agreement, GDF Suez Energy International and Gulf Investment Corporation each 50 per cent of the bidding consortium.