Abengoa announces commercial operation of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant in Abu Dhabi

Abengoa announces commercial operation of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant in Abu Dhabi

Abengoa, in consortium with the company SEPCOIII, has started commercial operation of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant (Abu Dhabi), following the successful completion of the contractual tests.

This is the largest reverse osmosis desalination plant in the world (909,218 m3/day) and the first to combine the production of drinking water with the generation of clean energy.

The project is located at the Taweelah power and water generation complex, 45 km north of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

Specifically, testing for Taweelah group two was successfully completed on April 9. Following the successful completion of the contractual tests, commercial operation of phase two of the Taweelah desalination plant has been declared by our client, the leading developer, investor, owner and operator of power generation and desalinated water production plants, ACWA Power, TAQA and Mubadala.

Previously, in phase one of Taweelah, which entered commercial operation and was delivered to the customer in mid-2022, Abengoa managed to desalinate 450,000 m3/day. The plant produces 909,218 m3/day (phase one + phase two), making it the world’s largest plant in production. The Taweelah desalination plant guarantees supply to the city of Abu Dhabi (approximately four and a half million people) throughout the year and is the first large-scale