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power and desalination complex in

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on the coast of

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, about south of

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. It is one of the world's largest fossil fuel power plants, and the world's third largest integrated water and power plant.

History

The construction of the first plant 1 of the Shoaiba power station began in 1985 and second plant 2 1995 (although there was a power generation and saline desalination plant in operation at the site as far back as 1985 with commissioning support from Stuttgart-based Fichtner Consulting Engineers). The

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-led consortium built a power station equipped with three turbines, heat recovery steam generators and ancillary power generation equipment. The first stage cost about US$850 million. The first unit came into operation in July 2001. The other two units were completed in August 2003. The contract for construction of the second stage was awarded to a consortium led by

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plant was built by Hanjung (now

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) in partnership with

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. The desalination plant of shoiaba phase 1 and phase 2 has a capacity of 76800 tons/day. 2017 awarded ph4 ro plant to doosan, started full production on 2020 February 384000 m3 per day.currently all three plants director Eng Abdur rahman al aofi.

Technical features

After completing the third stage the power station consists of 14 units with a total capacity of 5,600 MW, which makes it one of the largest fossil fuel-fired power stations in the world. The last expansion was built by Alstom and is operational since 2012.Alstom: Alstom completes Shoaiba III power plant ahead of schedule
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by tankers. The power station is connected to the 380 kV grid. The potable water is transferred via an long water pipeline to the national water pipeline network. The power station provides the desalination facility with steam to heat the seawater distillers while reducing its own cooling demands.

Operating company

The Shoaiba power station Saline Water Conversion Corporation is aided by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is monitored by the power and water ministry.

References

External links

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