Taweelah A1 IWPP
MSF/MED + power, 84.8 MIGD (about 386,000 m3/day); MED 53 MIGD and MSF 32 MIGD in United Arab Emirates.
Operational
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi
- Coordinates
- 24.761, 54.680
- Technology
- MSF/MED + power
- Capacity
- 84.8 MIGD (about 386,000 m3/day); MED 53 MIGD and MSF 32 MIGD
- Capital cost
- US$1.5 billion
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Gulf Total Tractebel Power Company (TAQA 60%, TotalEnergies 20%, Engie 20%); offtaker EWEC
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Total Tractebel Emirates O&M
- Finance
- Independent water and power project, about US$1.5 billion
- Award or start year
- 2000
- Commissioned
- 2003
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2000
Project awarded by ADWEA to a Total and Tractebel consortium
- 2003
Commissioned as Abu Dhabi's second IWPP at about US$1.5 billion
- 2009
Extension completed
- 2029-07
Power and water purchase agreement expires
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.
- Gulf News, Taweelah A1 commissioned. gulfnews.com.
- Abu Dhabi's second IWPP, US$1.5 billion, awarded in 2000 by ADWEA to a Total and Tractebel consortium holding 40% against ADWEA's 60%; the page carries an automated later timestamp, the report itself dates from the 2003 commissioning.
- Engie Middle East, Al Taweelah A1-10 asset fact sheet (2024). engiemiddleeast.com.
- 1,590 MW and 84 MIGD, technology CCGT and MED, PCOD 2003 with a 2009 extension, offtaker EWEC, PWPA to July 2029. 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 85 MIGD, MED 53 MIGD and MSF 32 MIGD.