Taweelah RO Desalination IWP

Taweelah RO Desalination IWP

The ACWA Power and EWEC signed the water purchase agreement (WPA) for the world’s largest sea water reverse osmosis desalination plant (RO) with capacity of 200 MIGD (909,200) cubic meter of water a day. The plant is 44% bigger than the world’s current largest RO plant in term of capacity. The Taweelah plant set new benchmarks for efficiency and cost of water produced with the adoption of RO technology instead of thermal desalination.

Key documents

  • ESIA Volume I Non-Technical Summary

  • ESIA Volume II Main Report

  • ESIA Volume III Environmental & Social Management

  • ESIA Volume IV Appendices

  • Stakeholder Engagement Plan

  • ESIA Volume I Non-Technical Summary

Key facts

  • Location

    Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, UAE

  • Offtaker

    The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC)

  • Offtake contract

    WPA–30 YR

  • Capacity

    200 MIGD via reverse osmosis (909,201 m3/day)

  • Project cost

    US$ 874 million

  • Commercial operations date

    Q1 2024

  • Acwa share

    40%

  • Other investors

    MUBADALA and TAQA

  • Technology

    RO technology

  • Project company

    Taweelah RO Desalination Company

  • Operations & maintenance company

    Acwa Operations Taweelah Water Desalination Services LLC

  • Engineering, procurement & construction company

    (SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction CO., Ltd) (Abengoa Agua S.A.)

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