Egypt calls on Russia to build desalination plants as Nile dam talks stall – Egypt The Egyptian government has taken unprecedented interest in seawater desalination, especially with the continuing failure of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) negotiations and Ethiopia’s completion of 75% of the dam construction. Egypt has used Russian expertise, in cooperation with the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI), the Egyptian armed forces’ Engineering Authority and the University of Alexandria, to promote the local production of seawater desalination. During talks between the Russian Rusnano Group, the AOI and the Engineering Authority held via video call Jan. 22, Abdul Menhem al-Toras, head of the AOI, […] Egypt calls on Russia to build desalination plants as Nile dam talks stall – EgyptDME GmbH2021-01-31T14:51:17+01:00
Egypt partners with Russia for desalination devices factory – Egypt Egypt is looking to Russian expertise to help improve the quality of locally produced seawater desalination devices and technologies, with the hope of setting up a specialized factory as part of the partnership between the two countries. The decision was announced following talks between the Russian Rusnano organization, the Arab Organization for Industrialization, the Armed Forces Engineering Authority and Alexandria University. “With this cooperation, we aim to increase the manufacturing of seawater desalination plants equipment and components with Egyptian national expertise,” the head of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, […] Egypt partners with Russia for desalination devices factory – EgyptDME GmbH2021-01-26T04:50:36+01:00
Schneider Electric connects New Alamein desalination plant – Egypt Schneider Electric is completing the works at the seawater desalination plant in New Alamein, a new town in north-west Egypt, which will be inaugurated by the government in 2018. In this seawater desalination plant, the French industrial group has installed its EcoStruxure technology. This solution is an open, interoperable, ready-to-use platform, compatible with IoT (Internet of Things), enabling the automation of the electrical network of the New Alamein desalination plant. (LINK). Schneider Electric connects New Alamein desalination plant – EgyptDME GmbH2021-01-21T14:45:35+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. (LINK). Cairo bets on green energy desalination plants – EgyptDME GmbH2020-12-07T14:40:13+01:00
Egypt is EBRD’s largest investment country through 2025 – Managing director for SEMED – Egypt In its annual meeting held in October, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) approved its next five-year strategy, putting Egypt as the bank’s biggest investment country through 2025. During her visit to Egypt in November, Managing Director for the EBRD’s Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) region Heike Harmgart shared with Ahram Online in an exclusive interview the key pillars of the bank’s new strategy and how Egypt is expected to benefit from the scheme. She also unveiled the amount of finances Egypt has received from the bank […] Egypt is EBRD’s largest investment country through 2025 – Managing director for SEMED – EgyptDME GmbH2020-11-21T15:24:56+01:00
Egypt to partner with private sector in building four water desalination plants – Egypt Egypt will announce four new seawater desalination plants in partnership with the private sector in January 2021, the Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait, said. A desalination plant will be established in Matrouh’s Hamam City with a capacity of 190,000 cubic metres per day and three other plants will be built in Safaga, El-Quseir, and Marsa Alam with capacities ranging between 20,000 and 40,000 cubic metres per day, Maait added in a statement on Thursday. The country is planning to establish 19 seawater desalination plants between 2020 and 2025 to […] Egypt to partner with private sector in building four water desalination plants – EgyptDME GmbH2020-11-15T14:54:48+01:00
The Red Sea Project passes $2 billion contract milestone – Egypt The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has revealed it has awarded more than 500 contracts to international and local firms – totalling around $2 billion – since its flagship regenerative tourism initiative, the Red Sea Project, was announced in July 2017. At a specially arranged press conference held today, the firm said that these contracts had included awards for the design, build and operation of state-of-the-art accommodation and facilities at the Red Sea Project, adding that it expects a roll-out of new contracts by the end of 2020 to take aggregate commitments to […] The Red Sea Project passes $2 billion contract milestone – EgyptDME GmbH2020-11-01T15:09:44+01:00
Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates a host of national projects in Sinai – Egypt Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended on Saturday the opening ceremony of the King Salman International University in the resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The university comprises 15 faculties distributed among its three branches in El-Tor, Ras Sedr, and Sharm El-Sheikh cities, and can accommodate over 25,000 students, according to a video played during the inauguration. The president opened the two other branches in El-Tor and Ras Sedr via video-conference. (LINK). Egypt’s Sisi inaugurates a host of national projects in Sinai – EgyptDME GmbH2020-10-31T21:29:58+01:00
Al-Sisi directs TSFE to maximise value of state assets – Egypt (MENAFN – Daily News Egypt) President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi directed, on Sunday, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) to maximise the value of state assets whose ownership was transferred to the Fund. He also ordered the government to ‚to present the best alternatives for re-employing those assets to achieve optimal benefit, successful management, and higher return.‘ Al-Sisi’s remarks came during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat, and Executive Director of TSFE Ayman […] Al-Sisi directs TSFE to maximise value of state assets – EgyptDME GmbH2020-10-26T14:13:05+01:00
Almar water and HA Utilities BV take over key desalination assets in Egypt – Egypt Almar Water Solutions, Abdul Latif Jameel Energy’s dedicated water solutions unit, and HA Utilities BV (HAU), part of Hassan Allam Holding (HAH), have finalized a deal with the Ridgewood Group, taking ownership of assets with a total desalination capacity of 82,440 cubic meters of drinking water per day, from 58 desalination plants located across Egypt. The deal was closed under the joint venture between Almar Water Solutions and HA Utilities BV, announced in 2019, and created to provide sustainable water infrastructure solutions to both municipal and industrial clients across Egypt. Almar water and HA Utilities BV take over key desalination assets in Egypt – EgyptDME GmbH2020-10-25T14:00:48+01:00