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Marafiq Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP), Saudi Arabia GE Leads Consortium to Develop World’s Largest Independent Water and Power Plant Provides 20% of water supply and 10% of power for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Won Power & Water Plant of the Year Award in 2010 Integrating water and power production at a single site is a growing need, especially in the Middle East where population and industrial growth rates are exceeding most other regions of the world. To help Saudi Arabia provide power and water for industrial and domestic uses, GE led a consortium of EPC companies to develop the world’s largest IWPP, designed to produce 2,750 MW of power and 211 million gallons of desalinated water per day. GE also supplied 12 7 FA gas turbine-generator sets, four steam turbine-generators, and 12 heat recovery steam generators for the Marafiq project. GE was recognized with the first-ever Award for Sustainability from Marafiq for its commitment to develop sustainable technologies that promote social and economic development.

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