Call for comment on proposed desalination plant – Durban Durban – The Department of Environmental Affairs is calling for public comment after it recently granted an environmental authorisation for a proposed desalination plant in the north of eThekwini near oThongathi. Desalination refers to the process of removing salt from seawater to make it fit for human consumption. Umgeni Water – the applicants in the project – stressed that while the environmental authorisation had been granted, there was no intention to construct a desalination plant in the north or south of eThekwini […] Call for comment on proposed desalination plant – DurbanDME GmbH2019-11-21T15:54:49+01:00
South Korea ready to support Egypt’s desalination plans: ambassador – Egypt South Korea plans to support Egypt’s plans to implement desalination projects, the Korean ambassador to Egypt, Yeocheol Yoon, told Daily News Egypt, asserting, “we hope that Egypt’s negotiations with Ethiopia about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will go well, yet water demand in Egypt is still high.” Desalination is the way to go for Egypt, the ambassador noted, adding that Korean companies have a strong expertise in desalination. Egypt is working very hard to face water shortage issues through alternative solutions, President […] South Korea ready to support Egypt’s desalination plans: ambassador – EgyptDME GmbH2019-11-20T20:45:24+01:00
Mayor to sign drought disaster declaration for Nelson Mandela Bay – South Africa Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani will sign the declaration for the city to maintain its classification as a disaster area within 48 hours. This was confirmed by mayoral committee member Andile Lungisa during a visit to the Impofu Dam on Thursday, reports HeraldLIVE. Lungisa was flanked by the metro’s water and sanitation director Barry Martin and the acting executive director of infrastructure and engineering, Zukile Nogongo. (LINK). Mayor to sign drought disaster declaration for Nelson Mandela Bay – South AfricaDME GmbH2019-11-16T17:47:47+01:00
UAE company offers to establish $800mln desalination plants in Egypt – Egypt The Egyptian government has received an offer from an UAE company to implement several desalination plants with investments of up to $800m. The UAE company has submitted a bid to implement desalination plants in Egypt with a total capacity of 500,000 cubic metres per day, over several phases, Osama Hamdy, Deputy Minister of Housing for follow-up, projects, and utilities, told Daily News Egypt. He added that a committee has been formed to study the offer. After completing the study, a memorandum […] UAE company offers to establish $800mln desalination plants in Egypt – EgyptDME GmbH2019-11-11T11:39:46+01:00
ACWA signs Power Purchase Agreement for 200 MW photovoltaic plant in Egypt – Egypt ACWA Power, a leading international developer and operator of power generation and water desalination facilities from Saudi Arabia has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Government of Egypt to develop, finance, construct and operate the Kom Ombo photovoltaic plant, which will yield a capacity of 200 MW. The signing took place under the patronage of His Excellency. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt; His Excellency Osama Naqli, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at Egypt; and Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and […] ACWA signs Power Purchase Agreement for 200 MW photovoltaic plant in Egypt – EgyptDME GmbH2019-11-06T17:32:43+01:00
ACWA Power signs power purchase deal for Egypt’s 200MW Kom Ombo solar plant – Egypt The PPA was signed by Rajit Nanda, chief investment officer at ACWA Power, and Sabah Mashaly, chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, in the presence of senior executives from ACWA Power and delegates from the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy. Construction is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2021. Once operational, the plant is expected to cater to the power needs of 130 thousand households, in addition to offsetting 280 thousand tonnes of CO2 per year. ACWA Power signs power purchase deal for Egypt’s 200MW Kom Ombo solar plant – EgyptDME GmbH2019-10-31T14:04:58+01:00
ACWA Power awarded two 125MW solar projects in Ethiopia – Ethiopia ACWA Power won the bid for the plants during the first round of Ethiopia’s solar programme organised under the new PPP law. ACWA Power and Ethiopia Electric Power (EEP), the state-owned electricity producer, and the Ministry of Finance signed a letter of intent. The entities will proceed to sign a long-term power purchase agreement for the projects at US$2.52 cents/kWh over a time span of 20 years before the end of 2019. (LINK). ACWA Power awarded two 125MW solar projects in Ethiopia – EthiopiaDME GmbH2019-10-29T21:25:51+01:00
Kenya turns to Saudi investor to make water drinkable in arid Turkana region – Kenya Authorities in Kenya’s driest region are in talks with a Saudi investor to build a desalination plant, after hopes of finding drinking water from an aquifer were dashed. Tito Ochieng, the director of water services in Turkana, in the north of the country, said the potential investor – Saudi-owned Almar Water – has already signed a deal to build a $160m (£125m) desalination plant in Mombasa. According to Ochieng, the plant would be built on top of the Lotikipi aquifer, in the […] Kenya turns to Saudi investor to make water drinkable in arid Turkana region – KenyaDME GmbH2019-10-28T15:36:18+01:00
South Sinai to introduce ZLD plants beginning with Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt South Sinai contemplates introducing water treatment plants operating in the Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system in parallel to adding more desalination plants while improving the efficiency of existing ones. For that purpose, Chairman of South Sinai Water Company Abdel Hamid Ahmed Hamdy met with Minister of Military Production Mohamed Said al-Assar and CEO of International Desalination and Water Treatment (LLC) (IDWT) Nabil al-Maraghy. Hamdy said the governorate plans to build a ZLD water treatment plant in Sharm El […] South Sinai to introduce ZLD plants beginning with Sharm El Sheikh – EgyptDME GmbH2019-10-21T22:54:05+02:00
Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff – Egypt Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday he would meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Russia to discuss a dispute over a hydropower dam that the Horn of Africa country is building on the River Nile. A long-running diplomatic standoff over building and operating the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has heightened tensions between the two countries. Egypt worries that the dam will threaten its already scarce water supplies. “I agreed with the Ethiopian prime minister to meet in […] Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff – EgyptDME GmbH2019-10-13T17:27:54+02:00