Gas Turbine and Combined-Cycle Power Plants in Qatar

Ras Abu Fontas B-1 Location: Qatar Operator: Qatar Electricity and Water Co Configuration: 5 X 125 MW desalination plant with GT13E2 gas turbines Fuel: natural gas, oil Operation: 1995-1996 T/G supplier: ABB EPC: ABB, Sadelmi Quick facts: Weir Westgarth was the lead contractor on the five 6.6 mgd desal modules. In Phase 2, three 165-MW simple-cycle GT13E2 machines were added in 2002. Photograph courtesy of Sadelmi Posted 25 Nov 2005	Ras Laffan-A Location: Qatar Operator: AES Ras Laffan Power Ltd Configuration: Two 378-MW, desalination combined-cycle blocks with SGT5-4000F gas turbines Operation: 2004 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Doosan T/G supplier: GE, Tosi, Elin EPC: Enel, TCE Consulting Engineers Quick facts: On 29 Nov 2004, His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, inaugurated Ras Laffan-A, the first independent power and desalination plant in Qatar. The project was a joint venture between AES, Qatar Electricity and Water Co, Qatar Petroleum, and Gulf Investment Corp. Ras Laffan-A has a 25yr PPA with Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp with payment obligations backed by a government guarantee. In addition, the project has a 25yr agreement for natural gas and seawater with Qatar Petroleum. The desalination plant can supply up to 40 mgd. Photograph courtesy of AES Corp Posted 3 Mar 2007	Ras Laffan-B Location: Qatar Operator: Q-Power Configuration: 1,025-MW, 3+2 desalination combined-cycle block with SGT5-4000F gas turbines Operation: 2007-2008 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Doosan T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Doosan, Mott MacDonald Quick facts: Q-Power is owned by Qatar Electricity & Water Corp (55%), International Power (40%), and Chubu EPC (5%). Lead financing arrangers for the $900mn project were Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Calyon, HSBC, Gulf International Bank, Qatar National Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. A water transmission project pumps potable water to Doha from four 15 mgd multi-stage flash distillers. The site is part of Ras Laffan Industrial City 80km north of Doha which has gas liquefaction, processing and export plants plus petrochem plants and the world’s largest LNG export terminal. Fuel is from the North Field, the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Photograph courtesy of International Power plc Posted 2 Sep 2006
	Saliyah Location: Qatar Operator: Qatar Electricity and Water Co Configuration: 2 X 67 MW 9001B gas turbines Fuel: natural gas, oil Operation: 1983 T/G supplier: Alsthom Quick facts: In Sep 2001, a consortium led by PSEG Global started construction of a 200-MW gas turbine plant and 132kV transmission systems as part of a 20yr concession -- the first of its kind in the Middle East -- to privatize the Salalah Power System in southern Oman. Photograph courtesy of Qatar Electricity and Water Co Posted 25 Oct 2006

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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 09/11/10

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