# Samsung C&T-Sumitomo consortium wins $3.7 billion Qatar power and water project

A consortium led by Sumitomo and including Samsung C&T has won a $3.7 billion contract from Kahramaa to build a 2.4 GW combined cycle gas power plant and a 500,000 ton/day desalination plant in Ras Abu Fontas, Qatar.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-11-25
- Where: Ras Abu Fontas, 18 km southeast of Doha, Qatar
- Value: $3.70B
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2.4 GW power; 500,000 tons of water per day
- Products: combined cycle gas power plant, desalination plant
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md), [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Samsung C&T](https://endata.com/companies/4037.md)
- [Samsung C&T](https://endata.com/companies/4037.md) (partner)
- [Sumitomo Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/6281.md) (partner)
- [ACCIONA](https://endata.com/companies/15903.md) (partner)
- [Korea Southern Power](https://endata.com/companies/20366.md) (partner)
- [Kahramaa](https://endata.com/companies/29956.md) (customer)
- [Shikoku Electric Power Company](https://endata.com/companies/36951.md) (partner)
- [Korea Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development](https://endata.com/companies/46174.md) (partner)
- [Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp. (Kahramaa)](https://endata.com/companies/81323.md) (customer)
- [Qatar Electricity and Water Authority](https://endata.com/companies/81328.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [kedglobal.com](https://www.kedglobal.com/us/construction-planning/newsView/ked202411260008), 2024-11-26: "Samsung C&T, the construction and trading arm of Korea's top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Tuesday that the consortium won the project from the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corp."
- [agbi.com](https://www.agbi.com/construction/2024/11/qatar-awards-2-8bn-contract-for-doha-desalination-plant/), 2024-11-26: "Qatar Electricity and Water Authority (Kahramaa) has awarded Samsung C&T Construction Group a $2.84 billion contract to build a combined-cycle power plant in Doha."
- [donga.com](https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20241127/5319481/1), 2024-11-26: "The Japan Sumitomo Corporation Consortium, which includes KIND and Korea Southern Power Co., signed a contract for the Facility E project with the Qatar Electricity and Water Authority on Monday (local time)."
- [meed.com](https://www.meed.com/acciona-signs-qatar-110migd-desalination-contract), 2024-11-27: "Spain’s Acciona has won the contract to build a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant as part of Qatar’s Facility E independent water and power project (IWPP) in Ras Abu Fontas."
- [news.samsungcnt.com](https://news.samsungcnt.com/en/features/engineering-construction/2024-12-samsung-campt-secures-2-84-billion-desalination-and-power-plant-project-in-qatar/), 2024-12-11: "Samsung C&T E&C Group has been awarded the Qatar Facility E Desalination and Combined Cycle Power Project in Doha."

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