Fujairah F2 IWPP
MED/RO + power, 130 MIGD (591,000 m3/day); MED about 455,000 m3/day and RO 136,500 m3/day in United Arab Emirates.
Operational
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Qidfa, Fujairah
- Coordinates
- 25.301, 56.371
- Technology
- MED/RO + power
- Capacity
- 130 MIGD (591,000 m3/day); MED about 455,000 m3/day and RO 136,500 m3/day
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Fujairah Asia Power Company (TAQA 60%, Marubeni 20%, Engie 20%); offtaker EWEC
- Contractor
- Sidem and Veolia Water Technologies (12 MED units of 8.333 MIGD each and one 30 MIGD SWRO plant); Alstom (power island)
- Operator
- Fujairah F2 O&M Company (Engie 50%, Marubeni 50%)
- Finance
- Independent water and power project
- Award or start year
- 2007
- Commissioned
- 2011
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2007
EPC contract for 12 MED units and one 30 MIGD SWRO plant awarded to Sidem
- 2009
Desalination plant completed
- 2011
Project commercial operation, 2,000 MW and 130 MIGD
- 2011-02
Dissolved air flotation pre-treatment holds full output through a severe algal bloom
- 2031-06
Power and water purchase agreement expires
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.
- Sidem (Veolia Water Technologies), Fujairah IWPP case study. sidem-desalination.com.
- Contract awarded 2007, completed 2009, 12 MED units of 8.333 MIGD each (100 MIGD) plus one 30 MIGD SWRO plant; owner Fujairah Asia Power Company.
- Veolia Middle East, Fujairah 2 reverse osmosis desalination plant. veolia.com.
- Total equivalent to 591,000 m3/day, a 2,000 MW power plant and a 450,000 m3/day thermal plant, RO 136,500 m3/day with dissolved air flotation pre-treatment; called the largest hybrid desalination plant in the world.
- Engie Middle East, Fujairah 2 asset fact sheet (2024). engiemiddleeast.com.
- Owner Fujairah Asia Power Co, TAQA 60%, Marubeni 20%, Engie 20%, PCOD 2011, offtaker EWEC, PWPA to June 2031. TRANSCO, 2019 Seven Year Water Planning Statement (2020-2026), June 2019, Table 4.3 Existing Production Plant Site and Capacities by Technology. saudigulfprojects.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.
Gross capacity 132 MIGD, MED 102 MIGD and RO 30 MIGD.