# Veolia wins $320M technology contract for Hassyan desalination plant in Dubai

Veolia, through its subsidiary SIDEM, won a $320 million contract to engineer and supply key technology for the Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai, UAE, with a capacity of 818,000 m³/day, to start operating in 2026.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-05-14
- Where: Hassyan, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Value: $320.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 818,000 cubic meters per day
- Products: reverse osmosis desalination technology
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Veolia](https://endata.com/companies/243.md)
- [SIDEM](https://endata.com/companies/11857.md)
- [ACWA Power](https://endata.com/companies/5576.md) (customer)
- [ACWA Power](https://endata.com/companies/5576.md) (partner)
- [Dubai Electricity and Water Authority](https://endata.com/companies/5624.md) (customer)
- [SIDEM](https://endata.com/companies/11857.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240514684842/en/Veolia-Wins-%24320-Million-Water-Technology-Contract-for-Worlds-Most-Energy-efficient-Desalination-Plant-Enhancing-Water-Security-in-UAE), 2024-05-14: "This significant project underlines Veolia's commitment, reaffirmed in its new GreenUp strategic plan, to provide sustainable, low-carbon and energy-efficient solutions."
- [smartwatermagazine.com](https://smartwatermagazine.com/news/veolia/veolia-secures-320m-contract-uaes-energy-efficient-desalination-plant), 2024-05-14: "This project will feature an exceptional energy efficiency performance, with an incredibly low energy consumption rate of 2,9 kilowatt-hours per cubic meter (kWh/m3)."
- [rcp.veoliawatertechnologies.com](https://www.rcp.veoliawatertechnologies.com/en/press/veolia-wins-320-million-water-technology-contract-worlds-most-energy-efficient-desalination), 2024-05-14: "Veolia will engineer and supply key technology for the Hassyan seawater desalination plant in Dubai"
- [veolia.com](https://www.veolia.com/en/our-media/news/technological-innovations-production-desalination-water), 2024-05-15: "Our technological innovations have made it possible to produce desalinated water on a large scale with a very low carbon footprint"
- [chemengonline.com](https://www.chemengonline.com/veolia-wins-320-million-water-technology-contract-for-world-scale-desalination-plant-in-dubai/), 2024-05-17: "This significant project underlines Veolia’s commitment, reaffirmed in its new GreenUp strategic plan, to provide sustainable, low-carbon and energy-efficient solutions, while guaranteeing the preservation of water resources in a context of adaptation to climate change."
- [enr.com](https://www.enr.com/articles/58826-veolia-awarded-320m-contract-for-first-phase-of-uae-desalination-project), 2024-06-13: "The desalination project will be the second-largest plant in the world using the seawater reverse osmosis process, and the largest that is powered by solar energy."

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