Ras Abu Fontas A1
Thermal MSF, 45 MIGD (204,600 m3/day) in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Abu Fontas
- Coordinates
- 25.203, 51.615
- Technology
- Thermal MSF
- Capacity
- 45 MIGD (204,600 m3/day)
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company (Nebras Energy since 2025); off-taker Kahramaa
- Contractor
- Fisia Italimpianti (Webuild Group)
- Operator
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2007
- Commissioned
- 2010
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2007-05
Water purchase agreement signed with Kahramaa for the RAF A1 station
- 2007
Fisia Italimpianti starts the A1 and B2 desalination works
- 2010
A1 and B2 works completed, A1 rated at 45 MIGD
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company, Annual Report 2024 (archived copy of the qewc.com download; the company rebranded to Nebras Energy in 2025 and the live site no longer carries plant pages). web.archive.org.
- Company-owned facilities listed as Ras Abu Fontas A1 with 45 million gallons of water a day; water purchase agreement with Kahramaa signed in May 2007. Fisia Italimpianti (Webuild), Ras Abu Fontas A1-B2 project page. fisiait.com.
- Multi Stage Flash, project duration 2007 to 2010, client QEWC, A1 comprises three MSF units totalling 45 MIGD plus three heat recovery boilers on the existing turbines, with a 2 km run between the steam source and the units.
- Evolutio (Webuild industrial heritage museum), Ras Abu Fontas A1-B2 projects. evolutio.museum.
- 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.
A1 and B2 together 340,000 m3/day from five 15 MIGD units, top brine temperature 110 C, constructor Fisia Italimpianti.