Shoaiba power and desalination plant 3.93

The Shoaiba power and desalination plant is an oil-fired CCGT power and desalination complex in Saudi Arabia on the coast of Red Sea, about 120km south of Jeddah. It is one of the world's largest fossil fuel power plants, and the world's third largest integrated water and power plant.HistoryThe construction of the first stage of the Shoaiba power station began in 1985 and phase second 1995 . The ABB-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 Alstom Power. A multi-stage flash distillation water desalination plant was built by Hanjung in partnership with Bechtel. The desalination plant of shoiaba phase 1 and phase 2 has a capacity of 76800 tons/day. The current plant manager is Eng Ahmed Luhaib.Technical featuresAfter 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. The oil for power production is supplied from Saudi Aramco by tankers.