Ras Abu Fontas B2
Thermal MSF + power, 30 MIGD (136,400 m3/day) and 567 MW in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Abu Fontas
- Coordinates
- 25.196, 51.616
- Technology
- Thermal MSF + power
- Capacity
- 30 MIGD (136,400 m3/day) and 567 MW
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company; power and water purchase agreement with Kahramaa
- Contractor
- Fisia Italimpianti (Webuild Group) for the two MSF units
- Operator
- Qatar Electricity and Water Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2005
- Commissioned
- 2010
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2005-10
Power and water purchase agreement signed with Kahramaa for the RAF B2 station
- 2007
Fisia Italimpianti starts the B2 and A1 desalination works
- 2010
B2 and A1 works completed, B2 rated at 30 MIGD and 567 MW
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.
- Fisia Italimpianti (Webuild), Ras Abu Fontas A1-B2 project page. fisiait.com.
- B2 produces 30 MIGD from two MSF units, project duration 2007 to 2010, client QEWC. Evolutio, Ras Abu Fontas A1-B2 projects. evolutio.museum.
- Construction period 2007 to 2010, constructor Fisia Italimpianti.
- 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 B2 listed at 567 MW and 30 million gallons a day; power and water purchase agreement signed with Kahramaa in October 2005.