The contract for Dubai's first independent water and power project (IWPP) will be awarded by Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (Dewa) in the first quarter of 2011, Meed has reported. The IWPP replaces Dewa's previous long-standing plans to build the Hassyan 1 power and water plant on an engineering, procurement and construction basis. The Hassyan IWPP will have a capacity of 1,500MW of power and 120 million gallons a day of water - the same as the original Hassyan 1 plant. Dewa will guarantee to buy the power and water output of the plant.