In total some 50 companies attached their names to various consortia. Among the groupings, Abengoa teamed with Mitsui and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company; International Power joined Siemens; and Solar Millennium linked up with Orascom.
Masen intends to release a shortened list of bidders in mid-November, with the winner given license to build the first 125MW phase of a planned 500MW parabolic-trough project at Ouarzazate.
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