{"id":543773,"date":"2022-02-17T03:56:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T03:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/17\/metito-scatec-oc-eye-usd-1-5-bn-desalination-facility\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T03:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T03:56:04","slug":"metito-scatec-oc-eye-usd-1-5-bn-desalination-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/02\/17\/metito-scatec-oc-eye-usd-1-5-bn-desalination-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Metito, Scatec, OC eye USD 1.5 bn desalination facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>USD 1.5 bn solar-powered desalination plant in the works?<\/strong> A consortium made up of UAE-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metito.com\/\">Metito Holdings<\/a>, Scatec Solar, and Orascom Construction (OC) is in talks with Egyptian authorities to build a USD 1.5 bn water desalination plant that would be powered entirely using renewables, Metito Africa Managing Director Karim Madwar told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-02-16\/metito-scatec-in-talks-on-1-5-billion-egypt-desalination-plant?srnd=premium-middle-east&sref=mmeFTDW1\">Bloomberg<\/a>. The consortium is looking to get the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Egypt onboard as a partner in the project, according to Madwar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In detail: <\/strong>The solar-powered desalination plant would process 1-2 mn cubic meters per day. The plant would be built under a build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) framework.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metito and Scatec are no strangers to the market:<\/strong> Metito has worked with OC and Hassan Allam Construction on several local wastewater treatment and desalination plants, and is currently in talks with the Housing Ministry to build <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/5eec2ed7-9c61-4e93-b1b0-fef6ddde4d2b\">floating desalination plants<\/a> in Egypt, akin to three plants it\u2019s building in Saudi Arabia for around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metito.com\/news-detail\/metito-delivers-the-first-of-three-floating-desalination-barges-for-bahris-sar760m-announced-project-in-the-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia\/\">USD 202.6 mn<\/a>. Norway\u2019s Scatec, meanwhile, is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6ebef003-0472-4513-93aa-ef59d457a5ea\">working with OC,<\/a> Nassif Sawiris-backed Fertiglobe, and the Sovereign Fund of Egypt to build the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprisemea.com\/stories\/2021\/10\/17\/sfe-fertiglobe-partner-with-scatec-for-ain-sokhna-green-hydrogen-plant-55806\/\">100 MW green hydrogen plant<\/a> in Ain Sokhna.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water security is a key priority for the gov\u2019t:<\/strong> Threats posed to our water supply by Ethiopia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/eb46348d-7550-4cb5-983d-2b40da01a909\">Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam<\/a> and by <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/greeneconomys\/green-economy-2021-part-ii\/\">climate change<\/a> have caused the government to put water at the forefront of its development plans. Egypt recently inaugurated the world\u2019s largest wastewater treatment plant \u2014 the EGP 18 bn <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7bd53455-008b-49a0-860f-1f17c68cea22\">Bahr Al Baqar wastewater treatment plant<\/a> \u2014 while the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/937f8328-b0fc-4e1f-84d9-893ddd22fc8f\">El Hammam agricultural wastewater plant<\/a> is currently in the works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USD 1.5 bn solar-powered desalination plant in the works? A consortium made up of UAE-based Metito Holdings, Scatec Solar, and Orascom Construction (OC) is in talks with Egyptian authorities to build a USD 1.5 bn water desalination plant that would be powered entirely using renewables, Metito Africa Managing Director Karim Madwar told Bloomberg. 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