independent water and power plant

{{Short description|Power station which produces electricity and purified water}}

File:Um Al Houl IWPP Qatar - March 2019.jpg

An independent water and power plant (IWPP) or an integrated water and power project is a combined facility which serves as both a desalination plant and a power plant. IWPPs are more common in the Middle East, where demand for both electricity and salt water desalinisation are high.{{cite web |last1=Ghiazza |first1=Emilio |last2=Ferro |first2=A.M. |title=IWPP projects: A challenge for the optimization of the combined power/water plants |url=https://www.fisiait.com/static/upload/ghi/ghiazza_10.pdf |website=Fisia Italimpianti SpA |publisher=Fisia Italimpianti |accessdate=9 June 2019 |format=PDF}}

Independent water and power producers negotiate both a feed-in power tariff and a water tariff in the same deal with the utility company, who also purchases both products. IWPPs tend to have an installed capacity of over 1 gigawatt (1,000 megawatts) and generates power in a typical thermal power station setup. Seawater is purified by integrating MSF, MED, TVC, or RO water desalination technologies with the power plant, thus increasing overall efficiency.