Installation of electrical equipment at Alamein desalination plant in Egypt completed

The installation of electrical distribution and automation solutions at the Alamein desalination plant, located in El Alamein town a new town of Alexandria city, in Egypt, has been completed.

The Alamein desalination plant project is being implemented by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in partnership with Aqualia, a water management company owned by the citizen services group FCC and by the Australian ethical fund IFM Investors.

With a capacity of 150,000 m3 per day, the new facility will according to Ignacio de la Quintana, the director of Aqualia in Egypt, transform a large part of the country’s Mediterranean coastline, and ensure that the city and its surroundings have the water they need to develop.

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EcoStruxure technology

The French industrial group Schneider Electric the project contractors revealed the completion of installation report and said they installed its EcoStruxure technology. This solution is an open, interoperable, ready-to-use platform, compatible with IoT (Internet of Things), enabling the automation of the electrical network of the New Alamein desalination plant.

According to Schneider Electric, its solution now enables the reverse osmosis plant to optimise its reliability and uptime, ensuring uninterrupted operation at peak times through the use of Internet-compatible devices and control software. The company is also using this technology in several projects in Egypt.

The city will also be equipped with a drinking water network, wastewater networks, rainwater drainage and irrigation of green spaces. New Alamein will also house a presidential palace, a ministerial building, three universities and some fifteen skyscrapers to be used as hotels for tourists.

Ignacio de la Quintana, the director of Aqualia in Egyp however revealed that the new city of New Alamein will need more facilities to supply drinking water to its population and tourists since the plant is designed to serve the needs of up to 3 million people only.

“New Alameins will transform a large part of Egypt’s Mediterranean coastline, and this desalination plant will ensure that the city and its surroundings have the water they need to develop,” said Ignacio de la Quintana.