# SEWA awards $500M EPC contract to Elsewedy Electric and MHPS consortium

Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) awarded a $500 million EPC contract to a consortium of Elsewedy Electric and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) for the 1,026MW Al Layyah Combined Cycle Power Plant in Sharjah, UAE. The plant is expected to start producing energy by 2020.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-04-02
- Where: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Value: $500.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,026MW
- Products: combined cycle power plant, gas turbines, steam turbines, generators
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems](https://endata.com/companies/1024.md) (supplier)
- [Elsewedy Electric](https://endata.com/companies/15852.md) (supplier)
- [Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority](https://endata.com/companies/36950.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [meconstructionnews.com](https://meconstructionnews.com/34146/sewa-awards-500mn-deal-to-elsewedy-electric-and-mitsubishi-hitachi-power-systems-consortium), 2019-04-02: "The $500 million contract is for the development of the new 1,026MW Al Layyah Combined Cycle Power Plant."

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