Ras Abu Fontas B
Thermal MSF + power, 33 MIGD (150,000 m3/day) and 609 MW in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Abu Fontas
- Coordinates
- 25.200, 51.617
- Technology
- Thermal MSF + power
- Capacity
- 33 MIGD (150,000 m3/day) and 609 MW
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company; built for the Ministry of Electricity and Water
- Contractor
- ABB Germany with ABB Italy and Weir Westgarth; Midmac Contracting Company for the civil works
- Operator
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 1994
- Commissioned
- 1997
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1994
Construction of the power station and desalination plant begins
- 1997
Works complete at 625 MW and 33 MIGD
- 1999-02
QEWC agrees with the State of Qatar to purchase the RAF B plant on 10 February
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Midmac Contracting Company, Ras Abu Fontas B Power and Desalination Plant. midmac.net.
- Client Ministry of Electricity and Water, works 1994 to 1997, 625 MW with five combined cycle gas turbines and a 33 MIGD desalination plant with five heat recovery boilers and five evaporators, consultants ABB Germany with ABB Italy and Weir Westgarth.
- 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.
- 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.
RAF B listed at 609 MW and 33 million gallons a day; the company agreed with the State of Qatar on 10 February 1999 to purchase the RAF B power plant. Sources differ on the power rating, 625 MW as built against QEWC's current 609 MW.