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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