DEWA selected a contractor that submitted a “record” low bid to build a 900-megawatt solar-power plant in the emirate, Managing Director and CEO Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said.

The contractor, which Al Tayer declined to identify, bid 1.7 cents per kilowatt-hour for the photovoltaic plant. The decision requires a lengthy evaluation before DEWA can publicly announce the winner, he said in an interview.

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