Ras Laffan B IWPP
Thermal MSF + power, 60 MIGD (270,000 m3/day) and 1,025 MW in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Laffan Industrial City
- Coordinates
- 25.925, 51.547
- Technology
- Thermal MSF + power
- Capacity
- 60 MIGD (270,000 m3/day) and 1,025 MW
- Capital cost
- US$900 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Qatar Power Q.P.J.S.C. (QEWC 55 per cent, ENGIE 40 per cent, JERA 5 per cent); off-taker Kahramaa
- Contractor
- Siemens for the combined cycle plant and Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction for the desalination plant
- Operator
- Qatar Power Q.P.J.S.C.
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2005
- Commissioned
- 2008-03
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2005-01
Qatar Power incorporated on 27 January as the project company for Ras Laffan B
- 2008-03
Plant officially opened
- 2008
Operation and maintenance begin under a 25-year power and water sale to Kahramaa
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.
- JERA, Ras Laffan B Gas Thermal IWPP Project. jera.co.jp.
- 1,025 MW and 270,000 tonnes a day of desalination as of September 2025, combined cycle on natural gas, project company Qatar Power Company QPJSC, operation and maintenance from 2008 under a 25-year sale to Kahramaa, investors JERA, QEWC and ENGIE. 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 55 per cent of Qatar Power, listed at 1,025 MW and 60 million gallons a day; Qatar Power was incorporated on 27 January 2005 with QEWC 55 per cent, International Power 40 per cent and Chubu Electric Power 5 per cent.
- 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) gives the cost as about US$900 million, four 15 MIGD MSF distillers, Siemens PG for the CCGT and Doosan for the desalination plant, and an official opening in March 2008.