Firnas Shuman scope includes:
- Undertaking comprehensive feasibility study for the use of groundwater for irrigation by analyzing different renewable energy technologies and systems;
- Preparing the necessary value for money and Public Sector Comparator (PSC) analysis, risk analysis, and optimal allocation of risks for the project, as well as market sounding exercise;
- Assessing the use of groundwater source for appropriate agriculture cropping pattern, and irrigation system for maximizing the use and sustainability of groundwater resources;
- Providing advisory services to the procurements of the national reclamation project components and support the Executive Agency for the preparation of tender documents for irrigation hybrid energy system;
- Implementing two pilot areas at Upper Egypt (deep groundwater) and North Coast (shallow groundwater), for the use of solar and wind energy or hybrid systems;
- Assessing the sustainability elements including estimates of operation and maintenance cost. The study assesses different storage systems technically and financially;
- Providing capacity building and training for MWRI/GWS staff on the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance for renewable energy use for pumping irrigation water;
- Preparing an Environmental Impact Assessment and climate change risk assessment for the implementation of renewable energy in the three study locations.