QPOWER has a plant capacity of 1,025 MW of electricity and 60 million gallons of potable water per day, operated safely, cleanly, and reliably for the State of Qatar.
QPOWER brings generation, desalination, and long-term reliability together at Ras Laffan Industrial City.
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Qatar Power Q.S.C. was established in January 2005 to meet the growing electricity and potable water demands of the State of Qatar, safely, cleanly, and reliably. Our plant at Ras Laffan Industrial City is among the largest Independent Water & Power Projects in the country, built on an approximately US $1 billion facility financed by international, regional, and local banks.
Commercial power production began in May 2006, water in September 2006, with full capacity reached by June 2008. Under our Power and Water Purchase Agreement, QPOWER supplies KAHRAMAA for 25 years, with an option to extend a further five.
To be the region's most trusted independent water and power producer, safe, sustainable, and built to last.
Deliver reliable electricity and potable water to the State of Qatar, operating Ras Laffan to the highest standards of safety and environmental care.
Safety first, operational excellence, environmental stewardship, and integrity in everything we run.
Electricity and potable water are produced together at Ras Laffan, with waste heat from power generation put to work desalinating seawater.
Three gas turbines (237.35 MW each) and two steam turbines (221 MW each), supplied by Siemens AG, run in combined cycle, with waste heat from the gas turbine exhaust generating steam for the steam turbines and for water production.
Four multi-stage flash (MSF) distillers, each rated at 15.13 MIGD and supplied by Doosan Heavy Engineering, convert seawater into potable water using waste heat recovered from the power cycle.
QPOWER's operating record is certified and recognised across safety, environmental, and industry benchmarks.
Once again, Qatar Power Co. has won the prestigious RoSPA Gold Award. RoSPA Awards go beyond accident reduction, they recognise organisations with genuinely strong health and safety management systems, reinforcing that good safety practice is good business.
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