The 2010 Global Water Awards: Power and Water Plant of the Year

• From: Vol 11, Issue 2 (February 2010)
• Category: Market insight
• Region: Unspecified
• Related Companies: ACWA Power, Degrémont (Suez), Doosan Heavy Industries, GdF Suez Energy International, Gulf Investment Corporation, Hyundai Heavy Industries, IDE Technologies, Marafiq, Mitsubishi, Mubadala Development Co, National Trading Co, Nuclear Power Corporation of India, Ltd., Saudi Water and Electricity Company and Veolia

For the plant commissioned in 2009 that represents the most impressive technical achievement in power and water.

Barka II, Oman

What is it?
A greenfield independent power and water project on Oman’s Gulf coast, producing 120,000m³/d of seawater through reverse osmosis, and 678MW of new power generation capacity. As part of the IWPP, the developers also acquired a 668MW brownfield power plant at Al Rusail.

Who is responsible?
The developer consortium featured GdF Suez ...