Barka 1 IWPP
MSF/RO + power, 91,200 m3/day MSF contracted (20 MIGD) alongside 427 MW; two seawater RO expansions of 10 MIGD and 12.5 MIGD ran from 2014 and 2016 until their water purchase agreements expired on 29 September 2024 in Oman.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Oman
- Location
- Barka
- Coordinates
- 23.708, 57.984
- Technology
- MSF/RO + power
- Capacity
- 91,200 m3/day MSF contracted (20 MIGD) alongside 427 MW; two seawater RO expansions of 10 MIGD and 12.5 MIGD ran from 2014 and 2016 until their water purchase agreements expired on 29 September 2024
- Capital cost
- US$410 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Barka Water and Power Company SAOG, formerly ACWA Power Barka SAOG; offtaker Nama Power and Water Procurement under a PWPA renewed on 30 May 2024
- Contractor
- Ansaldo and Hitachi Zosen (EPC of the base plant)
- Operator
- NOMAC Oman
- Finance
- Project finance, build own operate; ACWA Power 41.91 per cent with Multitech and a public float on the Muscat Stock Exchange from 12 January 2005
- Award or start year
- 2003
- Commissioned
- 2003-06
Record last checked 2026-10-16.
History
- 2000-11
Company incorporated on 19 November 2000
- 2003-06
Base plant of 427 MW and 20 MIGD MSF reaches commercial operation on 11 June 2003
- 2005-01
Listing on the Muscat Stock Exchange on 12 January 2005
- 2010-08
ACWA Power acquires its stake
- 2014-05
RO expansion phase I of 10 MIGD enters service on 29 May 2014
- 2016-02
RO expansion phase II of 12.5 MIGD enters service on 26 February 2016
- 2024-05
PWPA renewed on 30 May 2024 for nine years with the MSF plant held as contingency reserve
- 2024-09
Both RO expansion water purchase agreements expire on 29 September 2024 and those plants stop
Sources
15 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Barka Water and Power Company, About. barkaone.com.
- Formerly ACWA Power Barka SAOG, incorporated 19 November 2000; base plant 427 MW gas fired with a 20 MIGD MSF facility, commercial operation from 11 June 2003; SWRO expansion phase I of 10 MIGD from 29 May 2014 and phase II of 12.5 MIGD from 26 February 2016, both water purchase agreements expired 29 September 2024 and operations ceased; IPO of 35 per cent and listing on the Muscat Stock Exchange 12 January 2005. ACWA Power, Barka 1 IWPP.
- 427 MW and 91.2 thousand m3/day MSF, commercial operation Q1 2003, project cost US$410 million, EPC Ansaldo and Hitachi Zosen, O&M NOMAC Oman, ACWA Power 41.91 per cent, offtaker Oman Power and Water Procurement.
- Nama PWP, Water 7-Year Statement 2026-2032 (Issue 20). omanpwp.om.
- Purchase agreement renewed 30 May 2024 for nine years at about 91,000 m3/d, the MSF plant intended to remain on standby as a contingency reserve.
- Nama PWP, Contracts. omanpwp.om.
- Barka I IWPP, Barka Water and Power Company, 427 MW and 91,200 m3/day.
- Location from OpenStreetMap, way named Barka 1 Water and Power Plant.
- WaterWorld, Barka desalination goes onstream in Oman, 1 May 2003. waterworld.com.
- The project was developed by AES Corporation with a local partner company, not named.
- WaterTech Online, Barka power and desalination project on fast track, 1 April 2002. watertechonline.com.
- The build-own-operate project was awarded to AES. AES Corporation, Form U-57, AES Barka SAOC, filed 1 December 2003. sec.gov.
- AES indirectly owns approximately 85% of the voting interests in AES Barka; the remaining 15% is owned by Multitech, organised under the laws of Oman.
- Modern Power Systems, Barka deal finalised, January 2001. modernpowersystems.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.
AES Barka, a local subsidiary of AES, in a joint venture with Multitech LLC.