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WASTE MANAGEMENT-
AOI to set up USD 42.4 mn waste recycling plant in Egypt: The Arab Organization for Industrialization has been awarded a EUR 38. 8 mn (USD 42.4 mn) contract to build four solid waste recycling and treatment plants for the Kitchener Drain in the Egyptian Nile Delta, according to a statement. The development of the four plants will be financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
About the plants: Three of the plants will be built in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate and will have a processing capacity of 1.8k tons of waste daily. The fourth treatment facility will be in Daqahliyah governorate and will have a capacity of 600 tons per day. The plants are expected to be completed by December 2025, with construction set to commence this month.
WATER TREATMENT-
KSA’s SWPC develops a new sewage treatment plant: The Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) signed 25-year concession agreements with unnamed private sector companies to develop Al Haer independent sewage treatment plant in Riyadh, according to a statement. The statement did not disclose details of the value of agreements or name the private sector firms. The plant’s capacity will be 200k cubic meters per day, with commercial operations slated to start in 4Q 2026, according to the statement.
Ironing out the details: The partnership builds on previous public-private partnerships (PPP) agreements with the private sector in wastewater treatment. The award was made under the BOOT (build, own, operate, and transfer) model.
SOLAR-
Turkey’s Fides to establish 8 MW solar plants in North Macedonia: Turkish energy company Fides Elektrik Enerjisi is set to construct two solar PV plants with a total capacity of 8 MW in North Macedonia’s Directorate for Technological Industrial Development Zones (TIDZ), See News reports. The projects will be developed under a 25-year public-private partnership (PPP) contract, with Fides allocating 10% of revenues to the government. TIDZ plans to launch a call in March for solar power plant development in other zones, aiming to draw EUR 40 mn in investments to build up a capacity of 50 MW across five zones.
