Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has issued a request for proposal (RfP) to set up the 140 MW Al Sila wind power project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The RfP was issued to 16 companies and consortiums who qualified in the expression of interest round in October 2024.

Responses to the RfP are due by Q2 2025.

The project is expected to double Abu Dhabi’s wind generation capacity to 240 MW.

The project will be built on Abu Dhabi’s existing wind projects at Sila, Sir Bani Yas Island, and Delma Island.

The scope of work involves the development, financing, construction, operation, maintenance, and ownership of the wind project and associated infrastructure.

A successful developer or developer consortium will own up to 40% of the entity, while the remaining equity will be held indirectly by the Abu Dhabi government.

The developer will enter into a power purchase agreement with EWEC.

The power purchase agreement will be structured as an energy purchase agreement where EWEC will only pay for the net electrical energy supplied by the plant.

In 2024, EWEC acquired 75 sq km of land in Al Faya, Al Khazna, Al Zarraf, and Al Sila to develop 4.5 GW solar power and 140 MW wind power projects in Abu Dhabi.

The solar power projects will support EWEC’s delivery of 10 GW of installed solar capacity by 2030 and 18 GW by 2035.

As per the mandates, EWEC must achieve the 60% clean energy target outlined in the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Strategic Target 2035 for Electricity Production in Abu Dhabi.

In January, EWEC issued a RfP from select developers for the 1,500 MW Zarraf solar project.

In 2024, EWEC announced the commencement of a 1.5 GW Al Ajban solar project led by EDF Renewables Middle East in partnership with Masdar and Korea Western Power Coin Abu Dhabi.