Abby L. Harvey
GHG Monitor
9/12/2014
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has selected eight international developers from a pool of 17 applicants to bid for the first phase of the Hassyan Clean-Coal Power Project, DEWA announced late last week. The short-list of potential bidders consists of Mitsubishi; China Huadian Corporation; EDF International SAS; International Power SA; AXIA Power Holdings B.V.; Meiya Power Company Limited and Dubai Holding LLC; Korea Electric Power Corporation and ACWA Power; and Tenaga National Berhad and Chinese Machinery Engineering Company.
According to a DEWA press release, the first phase of the project has a capacity of 1,200 MW and will use clean coal technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The plant is expected to be operational by 2020 and will be located at the Saih Shuaib area on the Arabian Gulf coast in the Emirate of Dubai. “The Hassyan project reflects our commitment to the vision of [His Highness] Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy to diversify the energy mix by 2030,” said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA in the release. “Pioneering projects like this one complement our efforts to carry out energy projects that meet increasing demand for energy in Dubai And Support Sustainable Development.”
