EG-Ain Sokhna Power Project

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The objective of the Ain Sokhna Power Project for Egypt, Arab Republic of is to ensure continuous electricity supply to meet demand in a sustainable manner through investment in new generation capacity. There are two components to the project. The first component is the Ain Sokhna power plant. The project includes the following: (i) two 650 MW steam turbine generators; (ii) two steam generators (once-through supercritical boilers); (iii) electrical equipment including transformers and switchyard; (iv) auxiliary mechanical equipment including pumps and drives, heat exchangers and de-aerators, critical piping, and piping valves; (v) water and wastewater treatment systems and desalination plant; (vi) the implementation of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), including environmental monitoring equipment; (vii) distributed control systems and instrumentation; (viii) engineering and project management services including design, procurement and construction supervision as well as commissioning, testing, and start-up; and (ix) civil works, yard tanks as well as medium and low voltage switchgear. The second component is the technical assistance. The technical assistance component is aimed at further enhancing the on-going energy sector policy dialogue with Government of Egypt (GOE). The assistance will mainly comprise of studies and policy support including rapid response support to Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) in the implementation of the time-of-use tariff and further tariff adjustment recommendations from the on-going energy pricing strategy work.