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]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

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

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit Initial B EXT operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 337.9[4] combined cycle[4] 2001[4]
Unit New B EXT operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 1041[4] combined cycle[4] 2008[4]
Unit ST11 operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 146[4] steam turbine[4] 1997[4]
Unit ST21 operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 146[4] steam turbine[4] 1997[4]
Unit ST31 operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 146[4] steam turbine[4] 1997[4]
Unit ST41 operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 146[4] steam turbine[4] 1997[4]
Unit ST51 operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 146[4] steam turbine[4] 1997[4]
Unit ST61 operating[2][3][4] fossil gas - natural gas[5] 146[4] steam turbine[4] 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
Unit Initial B EXT Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit New B EXT Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit ST11 Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit ST21 Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit ST31 Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit ST41 Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit ST51 Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]
Unit ST61 Taweelah Asia Power Company PJSC (TAPCO) [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): chemicals[6]
  • Captive industry: Power[6]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711051103/http://www.tapco.ae:80/contact/. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20200110030059/http://rsb.gov.ae:80/en/publications/detail/licence-tapco. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20200628103459/http://www.ewec.ae:80/en/existing.html. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 https://web.archive.org/web/20200711051123/http://www.tapco.ae:80/project-details/. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20210625030408/https://www.industryabout.com/country-territories-3/1710-uae/fossil-fuels-energy/25611-al-taweelah-b-extension-gas-power-plant. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220124130924/https://www.linkedin.com/company/taweelah-asia-power-company/about/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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