Taqa Arabia inaugurates solar-powered desalination plant: Taqa Arabia and Somabay inaugurated Egypt’s largest solar-powered desalination plant, according to an EGX disclosure (pdf). The two parties also signed the contract to develop the second phase scheduled for completion within six months. The financial ticket for the project wasn’t disclosed.

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More details: The first phase of the plant supplies the SomaBay resort with 3.7k cbm/per day, and the second phase will increase the water supply to 7.3k cbm of water per day. The project will generate 7.5 MW of renewable electricity.

Egypt has big desalination plans: Egypt has been teasing announcements for several water desalination projects this year, with initial offerings will include stations in the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Suez Canal region. The number of plants to be tendered has not been disclosed and it is not yet clear if they will be powered by renewables. Soliman announced last year Egypt’s intent to sign contracts to build 21 desalination plants as part of the first phase of its large-scale USD 3 bn desalination program. Three consortiums submitted financial and technical proposals in November 2023 to establish five concentrated solar power (CSP) stations on Egypt’s North Coast to power desalination plants.

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