ABB Turns Desert Into Farmland With Resilient Electric Power
Company supports Egypt’s visionary project
A groundbreaking initiative outlined by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt aims to reclaim an area of more than 2,200 square kilometers of desert by 2024 in the South Valley of the Toshka area. It will boost agricultural production in accordance with the state’s efforts to encourage investment and create job opportunities through agricultural activity, food manufacturing, and associated urban activities. The development will also establish new communities and integrate existing ones in parallel to the Nile Valley, but, most importantly, will support the efforts to ensure food security and achieve wheat self-sufficiency for Egypt.
ABB supplied all medium-voltage primary and secondary switchgear — UniGear and UniSec — along with compact substations for the first three phases of the project. The total contract value is $4.8 million and will guarantee the power supply for irrigation systems and related services stretching across more than 400 square kilometers of reclaimed land in the Toshka desert.