Dubai will announce the preferred bidder to build a clean coal power plant on October 13, an official told Reuters on Thursday.
Construction of the 1200 megawatt Hassyan plant would start next year, after commercial, legal and financial issues are finalised, said Saeed Mohammed al-Tayer, chief executive of state utility Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA).
DEWA released the tender to qualified bidders on July 22 last year. The first phase of the project has a capacity of 1,200 MW using coal, and is expected to be operational by 2020.
Dubai’s state utility extended the bid deadline last year in response to requests received from bidders
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