The scope of works on the ACC subcontract includes civil, structural, building and external works and the outfall channel for both the power and desalination elements.

The Umm Al Nar IWPP involves Arabian Power decommissioning the existing 850 MW of generating capacity at the site and installing 1,550 MW of new build to be constructed by Toshiba and based on Frame 9 gas turbines from the US’ General Electric Power Systems (GE). In addition, 25 million gallons a day (g/d) of new multi-stage flash (MSF) capacity will be added by Japan’s Hitachi Zosen Corporation to the plant’s 70 million g/d of recently-installed capacity.