Emirates Aluminium (Emal) has received bids for the third phase expansion of the captive power plant at its Emal complex in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).

Emal received bids from contractors on 26 February for the contract to expand the plant by a further 235MW. It is believed that fewer than five bids were submitted for the expansion, according to sources close to the project.

South Korea’s Samsung C&T recently completed work on the $625m second phase expansion of the captive power plant at the Emal complex. The expansion of the power plant has increased the capacity of the plant from 2,000MW to 3,100MW. Samsung C&T was the EPC contractor for the second phase expansion, and the US’ GE provided turbines for the project.

The second phase expansion of the Emal smelter will boost its output by 550,000 tonne a year (t/y) to 1.3 million t/y by mid-2014.