Nine bidders are set to compete for a contract to develop a 120 million gallons a day desalination plant in Dubai.
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) said it has issued a request for proposal to nine qualified bidders for the Hassyan plant. This is which is the first water desalination project that DEWA has undertaken that uses the independent water producer (IWP) model.
DEWA said it has adopted IWP for the plant, following the success of the IPP model at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park projects.
The project is expected to start operations in 2023 and will provide a sustainable supply for DEWA’s water network, a statement said.
“The development of the project supports the vision… to promote sustainable development, and achieve the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050 to provide 75 percent of Dubai’s total power capacity from clean energy by 2050. We are building production plants based on reverse osmosis which requires less energy,” said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of DEWA.
The project is part of DEWA’s strategy to increase the water desalination capacity in Dubai to 750 MIGD.
The closing date to submit the bids is January 31, 2020, DEWA added.
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