Dubai’s state-utility has invited bids for initial contracts to build the world’s largest power and water plant in the emirate to meet soaring demand, according to a government official. International engineering companies have until 10 June to bid for the first of contracts to advise on the construction of the Hassyan power and seawater desalination plant, said a Dubai government official who declined to be named. The project, also known as station “P”, will be developed in two phases with a combined capacity of 3000MW and 200MIGD of desalinated water. Hassyan, to be built in Jebel Ali, located about 40km from central Dubai, could cost more than USD 4 billion to develop based on plants recently tendered in the emirates.