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
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
Egypt’s parliament forms an ad hoc committee to discuss GERD – Egypt The committee will review the measures necessary to protect Egypt’s rights in Nile water. Egypt’s Parliamentary Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal told MPs in a plenary session Wednesday that an ad hoc committee will be formed to discuss the future of negotiations with Ethiopia on the issue of its Renaissance Dam. “The committee will be headed by deputy speaker Soliman Wahdan, and it will be entrusted with studying the government’s positions and statements on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and then review […] Egypt’s parliament forms an ad hoc committee to discuss GERD – EgyptDME GmbH2019-10-09T20:05:30+02:00
Acwa Power may build desalination plants in Egypt – Egypt CAIRO – 27 September 2019: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met on Friday with Chairman of Acwa Power Mohamed Abdullah Abou Neyan operating in the sectors of desalination and renewable energy to examine possibilities of establishing new desalination plants in Egypt. The prime minister pointed out in the meeting, attended by Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, that Egypt seeks to count on desalination to supply drinking water to coastal areas. Madbouly stated that the […] Acwa Power may build desalination plants in Egypt – EgyptDME GmbH2019-09-27T14:23:02+02:00
Egypt’s Sisi issues presidential decree approving loan to build 4 desalination plants in South Sinai – Egypt President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has issued decree no. 83 of 2019 approving a loan agreement between the Egyptian government and the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development.to build four sea water desalination stations in South Sinai. The 15-million-dinar agreement was signed in Sharm el Sheikh on 8 December, 2018. (LINK). Egypt’s Sisi issues presidential decree approving loan to build 4 desalination plants in South Sinai – EgyptDME GmbH2019-09-19T15:33:02+02:00
Egypt to build solar power plants in 7 African countries – Egypt Egypt has announced plans to construct solar plants across seven African countries as part of their commitment to help the continent in its development process and improve the renewable energy performances of those countries. The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), one of the largest industrial organisations in Egypt, will launch solar power plants in Uganda, Congo, Tanzania, Eritrea, Somalia, and South Sudan, with capacities ranging from 2 to 4 megawatts. (LINK). Egypt to build solar power plants in 7 African countries – EgyptDME GmbH2019-08-09T11:49:13+02:00
Egypt’s government mulls establishing joint desalination projects with private sector – Egypt The government is considering implementing joint desalination projects with the private sector, with a capacity of 150,000 cubic metres per day. Government sources told Daily News Egypt that various companies have submitted proposals to implement joint water desalination projects, adding that negotiations between the Egyptian government and interested companies to begin next month. Among these companies are Spanish Aqualia, French Schneider Electric, Swiss AquaSwiss, and Egyptian Metito. (LINK). Egypt’s government mulls establishing joint desalination projects with private sector – EgyptDME GmbH2019-07-15T15:54:12+02:00
Metito inaugurates desalination plant in Egypt’s Al-Arish worth $96mln – Egypt Metito is implementing a desalination plant in Al-Arish area with a capacity of 100,000 cubic metres per day in the first phase at a cost of EGP 1.6bn. “The project is implemented in cooperation with Orascom, and the desalinated water from this plant is sufficient for 750,000 people,” said Kareem Madour, chief executive of Metito. The project will be completed in 2021 and is part of the overall development plan in Sinai. (LINK). Metito inaugurates desalination plant in Egypt’s Al-Arish worth $96mln – EgyptDME GmbH2019-07-10T12:22:01+02:00