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The Al Taweelah Power and Desalination Complex is located approximately 50 kilometres to the North East of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It has three power and water plants, Taweelah A1, Taweelah B, and Taweelah RO, the world’s largest RO facility.
Taweelah A1 is a combined-cycle power plant and thermal-based water desalination facility. It uses ten gas turbines, ten heat recovery steam generators and three steam turbines. Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) owns 60 per cent of the plant, with ENGIE and Total each holding 20 per cent.
The Taweelah B Power and Desalination Complex comprises three distinct power generation and desalination facilities that use different technologies, including simple, open and combined-cycle gas turbines and multi-stage flash distillation. TAQA own 60 per cent of the plant, Marubeni owns 14 per cent, BTU Power and Powertek each own 10 per cent, and Kyuden owns 6 per cent.
The Taweelah RO desalination plant is part of the Al Taweelah Power and Desalination Complex and is the largest RO water desalination plant in the world. The plant is 44 per cent bigger than the world’s current largest RO plant in terms of capacity, supplying 909,000 cubic metres per day. A partnership between Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) and Mubadala Investment Company holds a 60 per cent equity interest in the Taweelah Reverse Osmosis project, with the remaining 40 per cent held by ACWA Power.
