Ras Laffan A IWPP
Thermal MSF + power, 40 MIGD (182,000 m3/day) from four 10 MIGD MSF units, and 756 MW net in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Laffan Industrial City
- Coordinates
- 25.923, 51.545
- Technology
- Thermal MSF + power
- Capacity
- 40 MIGD (182,000 m3/day) from four 10 MIGD MSF units, and 756 MW net
- Capital cost
- US$720 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Ras Laffan Power Company (Qatar Electricity and Water Company 80 per cent); off-taker Kahramaa
- Contractor
- ENEL Power (EPC); Fisia Italimpianti for the MSF desalination units
- Operator
- Ras Laffan Operating Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2004
- Commissioned
- 2004-05
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2003-04
Open cycle commissioning
- 2004-05
Full commercial operation at 756 MW net and 40 MIGD
- 2024
QEWC reports an 80 per cent holding in Ras Laffan Power Company
Sources
7 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Power magazine, Top Plant: Ras Laffan Power and Water Plant, Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. powermag.com.
- 756 MW net combined cycle with a 40 mgd desalination plant of four 21-stage MSF evaporators each rated 10 mgd, EPC contractor ENEL Power, open cycle commissioning April 2003, full operation May 2004, joint venture of AES, QEWC, Qatar Petroleum and Gulf Investment Corporation.
- 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.
- QEWC holds 80 per cent of Ras Laffan Power Company, listed at 756 MW and 40 million gallons a day.
- Fisia Italimpianti project list records Ras Laffan, Qatar, 2004, Multi Stage Flash, 188,300 m3/day (41.4 MIGD).
- Power Technology, Ras Laffan 1,025MW Combined-Cycle Plant. power-technology.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.
(bot-walled to curl, returns 403; readable through a rendering fetcher) gives the Ras Laffan A cost as US$720 million and start of operation in May 2004.