Ras Laffan B IWPP
Thermal MSF + power, 60 MIGD (270,000 m3/day) and 1,025 MW in Qatar.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Ras Laffan Industrial City
- Coordinates
- 25.925, 51.547
- Technology
- Thermal MSF + power
- Capacity
- 60 MIGD (270,000 m3/day) and 1,025 MW
- Capital cost
- US$900 million
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Qatar Power Q.P.J.S.C. (QEWC 55 per cent, ENGIE 40 per cent, JERA 5 per cent); off-taker Kahramaa
- Developer
- International Power / Chubu Electric Power
- Contractor
- Siemens for the combined cycle plant and Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction for the desalination plant
- Operator
- Qatar Power Q.P.J.S.C.
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- 2005
- Commissioned
- 2008-03
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2005-01
Qatar Power incorporated on 27 January as the project company for Ras Laffan B
- 2008-03
Plant officially opened
- 2008
Operation and maintenance begin under a 25-year power and water sale to Kahramaa
Sources
6 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- JERA, Ras Laffan B Gas Thermal IWPP Project. jera.co.jp.
- 1,025 MW and 270,000 tonnes a day of desalination as of September 2025, combined cycle on natural gas, project company Qatar Power Company QPJSC, operation and maintenance from 2008 under a 25-year sale to Kahramaa, investors JERA, QEWC and ENGIE. Qatar Electricity and Water Company, Annual Report 2024 (archived copy of the qewc.com download; the company rebranded to Nebras Energy in January 2026 and the live site no longer carries plant pages). web.archive.org.
- QEWC holds 55 per cent of Qatar Power, listed at 1,025 MW and 60 million gallons a day; Qatar Power was incorporated on 27 January 2005 with QEWC 55 per cent, International Power 40 per cent and Chubu Electric Power 5 per cent.
- Power Technology, Ras Laffan 1,025MW Combined-Cycle Plant. power-technology.com.
- (bot-walled to curl, returns 403) gives the cost as about US$900 million, four 15 MIGD MSF distillers, Siemens PG for the CCGT and Doosan for the desalination plant, and an official opening in March 2008. Power Engineering, International Power wins Ras Laffan B IWPP in Qatar, 14 October 2004. power-eng.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.
Implemented by International Power with QEWC (55 per cent) and Chubu Electric (5 per cent).