ABU DHABI- Emirates Water & Electricity Company (EWEC) on Wednesday said it had received six bids for its 2.4 gigawatt (GW) Fujairah F3 independent power project.

EWEC, a subsidiary of state-owned Abu Dhabi Power Corporation, is developing the power project in the northern emirate of Fujairah.

EWEC had pre-qualified 20 local and international companies to bid for the project of which six submitted bids, it said in a statement, without naming the bidders.

After a detailed technical and commercial evaluation, a bidder will be selected by January 2020, it said.

(Reporting By Stanley Carvalho, editing by David Evans) ((stanley.carvalho@thomsonreuters.com; + 9712 6444431; Reuters Messaging: stanley.carvalho.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))