Shuweihat S2 IWPP
Thermal MSF + power, 100 MIGD (about 455,000 m3/day); TRANSCO records 101 MIGD gross in United Arab Emirates.
Operational
The record
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Location
- Shuweihat, Al Dhafra
- Coordinates
- 24.160, 52.569
- Technology
- Thermal MSF + power
- Capacity
- 100 MIGD (about 455,000 m3/day); TRANSCO records 101 MIGD gross
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Ruwais Power Company (TAQA 60%, Engie 20%, Marubeni 10%, Osaka Gas 10%); offtaker EWEC
- Developer
- Marubeni / Suez-Tractebel
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- S2 O&M Company (Marubeni 50%, Engie 50%)
- Finance
- Independent water and power project, 25-year power and water purchase agreement
- Award or start year
- 2008
- Commissioned
- 2011-10
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2009
Plant licensed by Abu Dhabi
- 2011-10
Project commercial operation at 1,496 MW and 100 MIGD
- 2036-10
Twenty-five year power and water purchase agreement expires
Sources
7 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Engie Middle East, Shuweihat 2 asset fact sheet (2024). engiemiddleeast.com.
- Owner Ruwais Power Company, TAQA 60%, Marubeni 10%, Osaka 10%, Engie 20%, PCOD 2011, 1,496 MW and 100 MIGD, CCGT with MSF, offtaker EWEC, 25-year PWPA to October 2036. Engie Middle East, Shuweihat 2 project page. engiemiddleeast.com.
- Project completion year 2011, installed capacity 1,496 MW and 100 MIGD. TRANSCO, 2019 Seven Year Water Planning Statement (2020-2026), June 2019, Table 4.3 Existing Production Plant Site and Capacities by Technology. saudigulfprojects.com.
- Gross 101 MIGD MSF, contract expiry 2036. Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, Nine major water desalination plants enhance Abu Dhabi's water security (22 July 2020). doe.gov.ae.
- Licensed 2009, 459,000 m3/day, about 11.2 per cent of Abu Dhabi's water production.
- JBIC, NR/2009-31, 20 October 2009. jbic.go.jp.
- 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.
Ruwais Power Company was established jointly by Marubeni, Suez-Tractebel (a GDF SUEZ subsidiary) and ADWEA; Osaka Gas is not named.