Abu Dhabi has invited offers from at least 20 international firms to build a water desalination and power plant, an official said on Sunday. "We have just launched the competitive process to select a developer for the Shuweihat S2 (project).
We have asked international companies to submit expressions of interest by July 24," Zaal al-Hammeri of state-owned Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) told Reuters.
The S2 plant will have a capacity of 1,600 MW of power and 100 million gallons per day (mgpd) of water, he said. He did specify the value of the project.