Ras Laffan C power plant
| Ras Laffan C power plant | |||
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| location | |||
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 56 '10 " N , 51 ° 31' 25" E | ||
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 Qatar
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| Waters | Persian Gulf (cooling with sea water) | ||
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| Type | Combined cycle power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 2,730 MW | ||
| owner | Qatar 60% | ||
| operator | Ras Girtas Power Company | ||
| Project start | 2008 | ||
| Start of operations | 2010 | ||
The Ras Laffan C power plant , also called Ras Girtas power plant , is a combined cycle power plant in Qatar , which is located on the Persian Gulf in the industrial city of Ras Laffan , municipality of al-Chaur . The Ras Laffan B power plant is located half a kilometer east of the Ras Laffan C power plant .
With an installed capacity of 2,730 MW , Ras Laffan C is the most powerful power plant in Qatar and serves to cover the base load . When the plant was inaugurated in 2011, its installed capacity represented almost 30% of Qatar's total generation capacity of 7,600 MW.
Power plant units
The power plant consists of a total of twelve blocks of different capacities that went into operation in 2010 and 2011. The turbines were supplied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the generators by Mitsubishi Electric (Melco) and the steam boilers by Doosan Heavy Industries (DHI). The following table gives an overview:
| block | Max. Power (MW) | Start of operation | turbine | generator | Steam boiler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 2 | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 3 | 260 | 2011/04 | MHI | Melco | |
| 4th | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 5 | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 6th | 260 | 2011/04 | MHI | Melco | |
| 7th | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 8th | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 9 | 260 | 2011/04 | MHI | Melco | |
| 10 | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 11 | 227.5 | 2010 | MHI | Melco | DHI |
| 12 | 260 | 2011/04 | MHI | Melco |
Seawater desalination
Ras Laffan C is the largest seawater desalination plant in Qatar. It can deliver 286,000 m³ of drinking water every day.
Connected to the power plant are ten seawater desalination systems, which were supplied by SIDEM, a subsidiary of Veolia . Each of them supplies 28,640 m³ of drinking water daily. The power plant supplies the desalination plants with the steam they need for the desalination process (multi-effect distillation or multi-stage flash evaporation: see seawater desalination ).
owner
60% of the shares in the power plant are held by Qatar and 40% by a consortium. Qatar's share is split between Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) with 45% and Qatar Petroleum with 15%. The shares in the consortium are as follows: GDF Suez (through the subsidiary International Power ) 20%, Mitsui & Co. 10%, Chubu Electric Power 5% and Shikoku Electric Power 5%.
Others
The construction costs for the power plant and the seawater desalination plant amounted to 3.9 billion dollars. The project award for the power plant took place in March 2008, the inauguration of the entire plant was on May 31, 2011.
QEWC is committed to purchasing both the electricity and water produced in the power plant for the next 25 years. QEWC expects Qatar's electricity demand to rise from 7.6 GW in 2011 to 10 GW in 2020 and that the required amount of drinking water will increase from 1.1 million m³ per day to 2.1 million m³ per day in the same period will almost double.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Ras Laffan C (Ras Qartas) CCGT Power Plant Qatar. Global Energy Observatory, accessed July 29, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d e Opening ceremony of Ras Laffan C, Qatar's largest power and desalination plant. (No longer available online.) Engie , May 31, 2011, archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; accessed on July 29, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Qatar completes first phase of Ras Laffan C power & water plant. www.power-eng.com, August 2, 2010, accessed on July 29, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Ras Laffan C IWPP - Qatar. Veolia Water , accessed July 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Qatar opens Ras Laffan C power and water plant. www.technicalreview.me, June 6, 2011, accessed July 29, 2017 .
