Spanish-Chinese consortium lands $700mln deal for UAE desalination plant – UAE Spainâs Abengoa announced on Monday that it has received an order, as part of a consortium with Chinese EPC contractor Sepco III, to start work on a 909,000 cubic metres per day (m3/day) desalination plant in Taweelah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In a stock exchange filing, the Spanish engineering and construction firm said the desalination project is valued at more than $700 million, with the companyâs share being approximately $243 million over the next three years. In November last year, [âŠ] Spanish-Chinese consortium lands $700mln deal for UAE desalination plant – UAEHIWI042019-05-13T15:34:32+02:00