Meed | Indian firm bids lowest for Dubai power consultancy

Indian firm bids lowest for Dubai power consultancy

20 December 2024

Steag Energy Services submitted the lowest bid of AED1.29m ($351,259) for a contract to provide state utility Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) with consultancy services on independent power producer (IPP) projects in the emirate.

The scope covers design engineering review, expertise support, and the validation of engineering solutions for existing and upcoming IPP and strategic renewable projects at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park.

Cairo-based Pgesco Engineering and Consultancy Services submitted the second-lowest offer of AED1.32m for the contract.

The other bidders and their offers are:

FersiSolar (Spain): AED1.64m
Tecnica y Proyectos (Spain): AED2.89m
Dar Al-Handasah (Lebanon): AED3.31m
Tractebel Engineering (Dubai branch): AED3.48m
Dutco Tennant (local): AED4.19m

Dewa is planning to procure the seventh phase of the MBR Solar Park complex. It will include a 1,600MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant and a 1,000MW battery energy storage system (bess) plant, which can provide up to six hours of storage.

An estimated 1,913MW of solar PV capacity and 950MW of hybrid solar PV and concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity from the solar park are now connected to the grid.

A further 1,800MW of capacity for the project’s sixth phase is under construction.

Dewa’s first energy storage project, the 250MW Hatta pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant, is 94.15% complete, and generator installations are under way in preparation for a trial operation in the first quarter of 2025.

Located in Saih Al-Dahal on the outskirts of Dubai, the construction status of the phases of the MBR Solar Park project are as follows: