ACWA Power and the Emirates Water and Electricity Company announced the commencement of operations for the first phase of the Al Taweelah Independent Water Plant (IWP) with the production of 454.6 thousand cubic metres of desalinated water per day, reaching 50 per cent capacity of the plant.
Al Taweelah IWP employs low carbon-intensive reverse osmosis (RO) technology and is partially powered by solar energy, which is expected to account for at least 30% of the project’s electricity capacity within eight years, with a target of raising this figure to 55% by the end of the first quarter-life of the project.
ACWA Power is the lead developer and operator of the project and a 40% shareholder, with the remaining 60% contributed by the Government of Abu Dhabi through Abu Dhabi Power Corporation and Mubadala Development Company PJSC. Emirates Water & Electricity Company, a fully-owned entity of the Government of Abu Dhabi, is the sole off-taker of the project under a 30-year contract.
The financial impact pertaining to the operation of the first phase of the project is expected from Q2 2022 financial results onwards.