The United Arab Emirates is studying bids for a $1.6 billion independent power project, the country’s largest. The Shuweihat project will increase generating capacity in the capital Abu Dhabi by around 1500 MW as well as providing additional desalination capacity. Bidders for the project were AES Corp, PSEG Global with Marubeni Corp, International Power with CMS Energy and Tractebel, and Mitsui and Co in partnership with Tokyo Electric Power Co.