VOL. XLV

No 16

22-April-2002

UAE

Al-TaweelahA-2 Power/Desalination Formally Inaugurated

A formal inauguration ceremony for the al-Taweelah A-2 power/desalination project was held on 16April. The al-Taweelah A-2 facility entered fullcommercial operation on 9 October last year and is supplying electricity andwater to the Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Corporation (ADWEC) under a20-year power and water purchase agreement.The plant, developed 65kmnortheast of Abu Dhabi at a cost of $740mn, is now...