Desalination Plant in Egypt runs on Wind & Sun

Fortis Wind Energy (NL) and Juwi Renewable (DE) install a 100kW hybrid system in Egypt.

In 2008 the University of Alexandria already started a first experiment with brackish water by means of an osmosis system and filter it suitable for drinking water for the people and pets. This demo installation is at Wadi El Natrun, somewhere between Alexandria and Cairo. In this demo system a Fortis Montana (5 kW) wind turbine and 5000 Wp PV installation is used.

Off-Grid System

The actual system consists of four Fortis 12 kW turbines, 50 kW PV and 500 kWh battery bank to store the generated electricity.

The controlling of the wind turbine installation consists of 4x GFI-10K Inverter combined with Sunny Islands for the Off-Grid system.

Olive tree plantation

Now, 24 hours a day water 90 m deep can be pumped and filtered. Thereafter the water is supplied to the irrigation system. All equipment and pumps are powered by renewable energy. For Fortis this

application is the largest system ever built, but we have 30 years experience with projects in Africa and Asia.