Egypt

The objective of the El-Ain Al-Sokhna 2x650 MWe Gas/Oil Thermal Power Project for Egypt is to identify the environmental and social impacts of construction and operation... Show More + of the project. Negative measures include: noise, air pollution, water quality, solid and hazardous wastes, traffic and local roads, and flora and fauna. Mitigation measures include: (a) with respect to noise generated from ground traffic and equipment, the predication should be superimposed to all noise sources; (b) the power plant should adopt practices of solid and hazardous wastes as per the solid waste integrated management philosophy; (c) practices of water disinfection and tank cleaning should be adopted in order to improve drinking water quality; (d) wastewater from the new Al-Sokhna power plant will be disposed of through the plant sewer and the Ettaqa sanitary network in the near future; (e) the risks of flooding during power plant construction and operation were also examined. However, site drainage will be constructed to minimize any risks of contaminated water reaching the surroundings and to properly drain the site, no significant flood risk impacts are anticipated; and (f) the traffic count points shall be selected very efficiently. Show Less -