{"id":554198,"date":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/23\/govt-to-begin-signing-off-on-usd-3-bn-of-water-desalination-bids-in-1h2022\/"},"modified":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T03:51:14","slug":"govt-to-begin-signing-off-on-usd-3-bn-of-water-desalination-bids-in-1h2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/12\/23\/govt-to-begin-signing-off-on-usd-3-bn-of-water-desalination-bids-in-1h2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to begin signing off on USD 3 bn of water desalination bids in 1H2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-03\"><\/a> <strong>Gov\u2019t to rule on USD 3 bn-worth of desalination bids in 1H2022:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1e42eaa4-72ef-4df4-9fe9-3aca1390a681\">Al Nowais<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7dd7435c-016c-432b-8436-8ee56589f64e\">ACWA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7dd7435c-016c-432b-8436-8ee56589f64e\">Power<\/a>, Mitsubishi, Schneider Electric, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2016\/06\/26\/chinese-company-could-invest-usd-1-bn-in-recycling-desalination-plants\/\">Shanghai SafBon Water Service<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7dd7435c-016c-432b-8436-8ee56589f64e\">Hassan Allam Holding \/ Orascom Construction<\/a> consortium should hear back from the government on their bids, worth a combined USD 3 bn, to build desalination plants in 1H2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Fnysgy\">Al Borsa<\/a> reports, citing unnamed government sources. The bids will be under review after the government announces the rules and regulations governing the construction and operation of the plants, according to the sources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will the regulations include?<\/strong> The government will decide on the land allocation mechanism for the projects, as well as the necessary electricity capacity requirements to run the plants. The desalination facilities will be required to rely on reverse osmosis technology and run on renewable energy sources. The regs will also lay out the tariff structure for water sold from the plants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We don\u2019t know when the regulations will be out<\/strong>, and it\u2019s not clear whether the Housing Ministry-led committee responsible for them has finalized drafting the rules.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background: <\/strong>Egypt\u2019s sovereign wealth fund issued tenders for private companies to build 17 solar-powered desalination plants in October, as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a70db4f1-664a-4a7b-ad25-022b8b2d3e1d\">USD 2.5 bn plan<\/a> to quadruple our desalination capacity in the next five years. Orascom Construction and Metito have already <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/4fcc786f-3bb7-49bc-ac32-adda5f0f3c64\">successfully delivered<\/a> a USD 130 mn seawater desalination plant in East Port Said. And KarmWater, the newly-launched water solutions division of local solar power developer KarmSolar, is running a solar-powered water desalination project <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/9\/Press-Release-KarmSolar-launches-water-solutions-division-KarmWater.pdf\">in Marsa Alam (pdf)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on Egypt\u2019s green economy ambitions and how far we\u2019ve come in 2021 to achieve them, check out our latest <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e0ef70e6-4c9d-41f3-b9c4-e734f2e35af4\">Going Green<\/a><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov\u2019t to rule on USD 3 bn-worth of desalination bids in 1H2022: Al Nowais, ACWAPower, Mitsubishi, Schneider Electric, Shanghai SafBon Water Service, and the Hassan Allam Holding \/ Orascom Construction consortium should hear back from the government on their bids, worth a combined USD 3 bn, to build desalination plants in 1H2022, Al Borsa reports, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7272],"tags":[1042,903,72,890,125,2478,363,924,3124,364],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-554198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment-watch","tag-acwa-power","tag-al-nowais","tag-enterpriseam","tag-hassan-allam-holding","tag-investment-watch","tag-mitsubishi","tag-orascom-construction","tag-schneider-electric","tag-shanghai-safbon-water-service","tag-water","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"dfce3d5f-e68d-4abb-bdc1-ce2314071793","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/12\/468.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[554190],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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