APC starts commercial operation of Abu Dhabi power and water project
17 Aug 2007
Mumbai: Japanese companies Tokyo Electric Power Company and Mitsui have announced that the Arabian Power Company (APC) has begun commercial operation of a new natural gas-fired, advanced combined-cycle technology plant and a desalination plant at the Umm Al Nar power and water project in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates.
APC, comprising of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Mitsui, International Power (IPR) and the Abu Dhabi Electricity and Water Authority (ADWEA), acquired the existing 850 MW Umm Al Nar project and its desalination facilities with a daily output of 750,000 tonnes of water, in 2002.
Since the acquisition, APC has been constructing several new expansion plants with a thermal generation capacity of 1,550MW and a desalination capacity of 110,000 tonnes of water per day. The new plant was constructed using advanced combined-cycle technology.
Natural
gas for the plant is supplied by the Abu Dhabi National
Oil Company (ADNOC), while all electricity and desalinated
water will be purchased by the Abu Dhabi Electricity and
Water Company (ADWEC), which is wholly owned by ADWEA.