Taweelah B Power and Desalination Station

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Taweelah B Power and Desalination Station (B محطة الطويلة) is an operating power station of at least 2254-megawatts (MW) in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is also known as Taweelah B Integrated Water and Power Plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details


Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Taweelah B Power and Desalination Station	Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	24.76581, 54.686594 (exact)^[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

Initial B EXT, New B EXT, ST11, ST21, ST31, ST41, ST51, ST61: 24.76581, 54.686594

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details


Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	CHP	Start year
Initial B EXT	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	337.9^[4]	combined cycle^[4]	yes^[6]	2001^[4]
New B EXT	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	1041^[4]	combined cycle^[4]	yes^[6]	2008^[4]
ST11	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	146^[4]	steam turbine^[4]	yes^[6]	1997^[4]
ST21	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	146^[4]	steam turbine^[4]	yes^[6]	1997^[4]
ST31	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	146^[4]	steam turbine^[4]	yes^[6]	1997^[4]
ST41	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	146^[4]	steam turbine^[4]	yes^[6]	1997^[4]
ST51	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	146^[4]	steam turbine^[4]	yes^[6]	1997^[4]
ST61	Operating^[2]^[3]^[4]	fossil gas: natural gas^[5]	146^[4]	steam turbine^[4]	yes^[6]	1997^[4]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details


Unit name	Owner	Parent
Initial B EXT	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
New B EXT	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
ST11	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
ST21	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
ST31	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
ST41	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
ST51	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]
ST61	Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC [100%]^[7]^[4]	Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC [70.0%]; Marubeni Corp [14.0%]; China General Nuclear Power Group Co Ltd [10.0%]; Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc [6.0%]

Project-level captive use details

Captive industry use (heat or power): power^[8]
Captive industry: Chemicals^[8]
Non-industry use: power^[8]

Articles and Resources

References

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Additional data

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