Facility E IWPP
Seawater RO + power, 110 MIGD (about 495,000 m3/day) and 2,415 MW in Qatar.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Abu Fontas
- Coordinates
- 25.150, 51.600
- Technology
- Seawater RO + power
- Capacity
- 110 MIGD (about 495,000 m3/day) and 2,415 MW
- Capital cost
- US$3.7 billion
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Kahramaa (offtaker, power and water purchase agreement); project company QEWC 55%, Sumitomo Corporation 17%, Shikoku Electric Power 11%, KOSPO 6%, KIND 6%, QatarEnergy 5%
- Contractor
- Samsung C&T (EPC); Acciona (SWRO desalination unit); Mitsubishi Power (gas turbines)
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Project finance
- Award or start year
- 2024
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2024-11
Kahramaa awards Facility E to the Sumitomo-led consortium, sole bidder
- 2024-11
Power and water sale agreement signed with Kahramaa
- 2024-12
Samsung C&T confirms US$2.84 billion EPC contract
- 2025-04
ESIA submitted, target financial close 25 August 2025 and target facility date 1 June 2029
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Sumitomo Corporation, Commencement of Independent Water and Power Project in Qatar, 26 November 2024. sumitomocorp.com.
- MEED, Kahramaa awards Facility E contract, 22 November 2024. guest.meed.com.
- Samsung C&T Newsroom, Samsung C&T Secures $2.84 Billion Desalination and Power Plant Project in Qatar, 11 December 2024. news.samsungcnt.com.
- MEED, Facility E award jumpstarts Qatar's utility projects, January 2025. guest.meed.com.
- Mott MacDonald for JBIC, Facility E IWPP Project ESIA, April 2025. jbic.go.jp.
- 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.