The first solid waste-to-energy facility in Egypt will be built in Giza and will cost USD 120 million (EUR 109.68 million), according to a report from the Ministry of the Environment on Tuesday.
The factory will be constructed in Giza Governorate’s Abu Rawash Industrial Zone, west of Greater Cairo. It will be able to process 1,200 tonnes of municipal solid trash per day in order to generate 30 MW of electricity. The design, build, own, and operate (DBOO) methodology will be used to carry out the project.
The National Organisation for Military Production (MOMP), Green Tech Egypt, and OAK Holding are members of the local consortium Renergy Group Partners LLC that signed the contract for the facility’s construction.
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad, Electricity Minister Muhammad Shaker, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait, Local Development Minister Hisham Amna, and Military Production Minister Mohamed Salah El-Din all attended the signing.
The building is anticipated to be in use for 25 years before being handed over to the Giza Governorate.
The project is seen as a turning point in Egypt’s efforts to localize technology for the renewable energy sector because 40% of the contractual work will be carried out by Egyptian firms, and part of the necessary equipment will be produced in facilities operated by the Ministry of Military Production.
Fouad stated during the ceremony that the project was the result of three years of positive collaboration between various ministries and that it all started with the adoption of a national strategy by the Egyptian government to allocate a portion of the annually collected 5 million tonnes of municipal solid waste for energy production. One of the national projects in which the Ministry of Environment is involved in collaboration with other parties like the Ministry of Military Production is the use of solid waste, in addition to sludge from wastewater treatment plants and gases from sanitary landfills, for energy generation, Fouad said.