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Marsa Alam solar-powered desalination plant goes operational – Egypt

With a daily capacity of 300 m3, the new desalination plant will meet 100% of the water requirements for the Red Sea Diving Safari – Marsa Shagra complex throughout the year. The water produced by the plant will be supplied to the hotel’s guests through a distribution network.

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Marsa Alam solar-powered desalination plant goes operational – Egypt2023-12-14T00:16:42+01:00

Egypt turns to Russia for help with desalination plants amid Nile dam crisis – Egypt

Egypt is seeking to move forward in the implementation of new seawater desalination projects in cooperation with the Russian Rusnano Group, which specializes in this field, to fill the country’s water deficit that exceeds 20 billion cubic meters per year amid the faltering negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

Tripartite negotiations over the GERD continue to stall as the last round of talks held Jan. 10 failed to make any progress between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.

In a Jan. 22 statement, Abdel Moneim al-Terras, chairman of the Arab [
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Egypt turns to Russia for help with desalination plants amid Nile dam crisis – Egypt2021-02-23T12:40:10+01:00

Cairo bets on green energy desalination plants – Egypt

The energy-intensive nature of desalination plants is one of the main obstacles to investment in the sector, which is necessary in countries with an arid climate.

Egypt has been engaged for several years in a plan to exploit non-conventional water resources, in a context marked by increasing water stress.

The Egyptian government now wants to build desalination plants which will operate with electricity produced from renewable sources.

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Cairo bets on green energy desalination plants – Egypt2020-12-07T14:40:13+01:00

Sisi directs to implement more water projects – Egypt

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi demanded more national developments to reduce water shortages, Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidency Bassem Rady announced.

This should include building desalination and water treatment stations at a total value of EGP 435 billion ($27.32 billion), Rady added.

El Sisi recently met with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem el Gazzar, and Presidential Adviser for Urban Planning Amir Ahmed where he called for implementing and utilizing technology for water network stations.

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Sisi directs to implement more water projects – Egypt2020-08-19T14:55:08+02:00

Egypt evaluating solar desalinators – Egypt

The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi energy company ACWA Power to conduct a feasibility study for an unspecified volume of renewables-powered desalination projects.

ACWA Power has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with two Egyptian government departments relating to the evaluation of a series of renewable energy-powered water desalination projects.

The agreement outlines plans for a preliminary study followed by an initial feasibility study for desalination projects at undisclosed locations in Egypt which would [
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Egypt evaluating solar desalinators – Egypt2020-03-05T17:28:31+01:00

ACWA Power signs MoU to enhance Egypt’s water desalination sector – Egypt

ACWA Power signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Housing; Utilities & Urban Communities represented by the New Urban Communities Authority; Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW); and Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy represented by Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, to conduct preliminary and feasibility studies for a series of water desalination projects in Egypt.

The projects will be powered by solar and wind, or a combination of both renewable energy sources, the Saudi-based utilities provider said in a statement.

ACWA Power signs MoU to enhance Egypt’s water desalination sector – Egypt2020-03-04T18:51:34+01:00

East Port Said water desalination plant reaches 95% completion – Egypt

Construction of East Port Said water desalination plant has reached 95% completion, head of East Port Said City Authority Alaa Manei said.

The desalination plant will have a capacity of 150,000 cubic metres per day, with plans to be expanded in the future to a capacity of 250,000 cubic metres per day to serve about 500,000 people, he added in a statement on Tuesday.

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East Port Said water desalination plant reaches 95% completion – Egypt2020-02-19T20:42:07+01:00

EBRD, Egypt discuss developing country’s water desalination sector – Egypt

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) discusses with the Egyptian government developing the country’s water desalination sector, said Heike Harmgart, Managing Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region at the Bank.

“We want to potentially prepare a number of desalination plants on a public–private partnership (PPP) basis in the same manner we prepared the 6th of October Dry Port Project which was recently awarded to a large private sector consortium,” Harmgart added.

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EBRD, Egypt discuss developing country’s water desalination sector – Egypt2020-01-26T14:51:57+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 [
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South Sinai to introduce ZLD plants beginning with Sharm El Sheikh – Egypt2019-10-21T22:54:05+02:00
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