Fluence Egypt JV wins contract for seawater desalination plants

Fluence’s Egyptian joint venture entity, International Co. for Water Services & Infrastructure (IWSI), has secured contracts worth $7.6m for the supply of three separate NIROBOX Smart Packaged seawater desalination plants to projects owned by the Egyptian Ministry of Housing.

These desalination plants consist of a total of 12 Nirobox SW- XL units. They are expected to be delivered by fourth quarter of 2018 and be completely operational by second quarter of next year.

Once the plants become operational, they will together supply 12,000 m³/day of potable water in northern part of Egypt, along the Mediterranean Sea.

Besides Fluence has also won a service contract to operate and maintain the units.

The Nirobox Smart Packaged plants provide compact, localised treatment options for drinkable water in remote coastal and river regions.

When the plants are commissioned, they will be completely automatic and can be remotely monitored with minimal maintenance requirement as against conventional centralised desalination plant.

Earlier this year, the firm won contracts for Nirobox from the Bahamas, Philippines, Barbuda, and Argentina.

Fluence managing director and CEO Henry Charrabé said: “This is our largest single Nirobox Smart Packaged plant sale to date. Our fast deployment time played a significant role in the customer’s selection of Fluence for this project.

“The Nirobox SW plants for seawater desalination provide a substantial reduction in deployment time, capital and operating expenditures, and footprint required, compared to a conventional desalination solution. The additional service contract further increases Fluence’s recurring revenues and ensures proper operation and maintenance of the plants.

“We are excited to provide these state-of-the-art Smart Packaged systems to our customer in Egypt and look forward to working on future opportunities through the recently established joint venture.”

IWSI joint venture was formed earlier this year.