Ras Laffan C IWPP (Ras Girtas)
Thermal MED + power, 63 MIGD (290,000 m3/day) from ten 6.3 MIGD MED-TVC units, and 2,730 MW in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Laffan Industrial City
- Coordinates
- 25.937, 51.522
- Technology
- Thermal MED + power
- Capacity
- 63 MIGD (290,000 m3/day) from ten 6.3 MIGD MED-TVC units, and 2,730 MW
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Ras Girtas Power Company (QEWC 45 per cent, RLC Power Holding 40 per cent, QatarEnergy 15 per cent); off-taker Kahramaa
- Contractor
- Sidem (Veolia Water Technologies) for the ten MED-TVC units, lump sum turnkey; Mitsubishi gas and steam turbines
- Operator
- Ras Girtas Power Company
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2008
- Commissioned
- 2011
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2008-03
Ras Girtas Power Company incorporated on 25 March and the GDF Suez led consortium named preferred bidder
- 2008
Sidem awarded the turnkey contract for ten 6.3 MIGD MED-TVC units
- 2010-08
First phase completed
- 2011-06
Plant officially inaugurated and in full operation
Sources
6 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 C Gas Thermal IWPP Project. jera.co.jp.
- 2,730 MW and 290,000 tonnes a day as of March 2018, project company Ras Girtas Power Company, operations from 2011 under a 25-year sale to Kahramaa, Chubu joined in July 2008 and JERA succeeded it in July 2016. Veolia Water Technologies (Sidem), Ras Laffan C IWPP Qatar case study. sidem-desalination.com.
- MED-TVC, ten units of 6.3 MIGD, contract award 2008, completion 2010, lump sum turnkey, end user Ras Girtas Power Company.
- Technical Review Middle East, Qatar opens Ras Laffan C power and water plant, 6 June 2011. technicalreviewmiddleeast.com.
- 2,730 MW and more than 286,000 m3/day, 25-year power and water purchase agreement with Kahramaa, GDF Suez consortium chosen as preferred bidder in March 2008. 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.
QEWC holds 45 per cent of Ras Girtas Power Company, listed at 2,730 MW and 63 million gallons a day; the company was incorporated on 25 March 2008.