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UAE's Taweelah RO Exceeds Capacity Expectations | |
| Sumita Pawar |
The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has announced that the Taweelah reverse osmosis (RO) facility has become the world's largest operating RO plant, producing 183 million imperial gallons per day of desalinated water.
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The facility, which uses low-carbon intensive RO technology, has surpassed 90% capacity and will supply 200MIGD of potable water when fully operational.
Othman Al Ali, Chief Executive Officer of EWEC, said, “Taweelah RO is part of EWEC’s strategic shift of its water and power generation portfolio, supporting the decarbonisation of the energy sector in line with the UAE Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative.”
“We are proud of the collaboration with our partners that has enabled Taweelah RO to reach over 90 per cent of its water production capacity, making Taweelah RO the world’s largest commercially operating reverse osmosis desalination facility. We plan an additional 290 MIGD of new reverse osmosis production capacity by 2027, and by 2030, 90 per cent of all water desalination will be produced using reverse osmosis, enabling an 88 per cent reduction in our carbon emissions associated with water production. EWEC’s strategic investments in world-class, utility-scale transformative reverse osmosis water desalination facilities are enabling Abu Dhabi and the UAE to accelerate its journey into the next chapter of sustainability.”
The adoption of low-carbon intensive RO technology is a key part of EWEC's strategic initiative to decouple water and power generation, as it increases energy efficiency by 96% and reduces carbon emissions by more than 85%.
EWEC plans to add an additional 290 MIGD of new RO production capacity by 2027, enabling an 88% reduction in carbon emissions associated with water production.