Green Infrastructure Development

SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY – FULLY FINANCED – EXPERIENCED TEAM – LOCAL CONTENT FOCUS

• Strategic Fit – The proposed projects are 100% aligned with the African nation strategies to grow infrastructure development on a sustainable basis.  

• Fully Funded – The 10% investment by sourced by nation's Government or Private Sector upon signature of contract triggers WLS sourced investors to commit the additional funds to secure funding for the full project budget and is available through a series of monthly drawdowns over a 2 to 3-year period. 

• Integrated Solution – WLS are different from typical service providers in that they bring the complete project finance, next generation equipment supply, installation and operation and maintenance solution to African nations.   

• >20-year Execution Experience in Africa – WLS partner Madini has a proven track record of delivering large infrastructure projects on time and budget.   

• Focus on Local Content – Operational strategy based on very high local content standards to maximize project impact on Angolan social and economical development.  

• Build-Operate-Transfer Solution – Minimizing upfront investment requirements and long-term repayment schedule. 

•  WLS leadership has >40 years experience in raising funding and delivering projects similar to the proposed African Green Infrastructure projects.  

• WLS uses its private investor and banking relationships to provide interest free non-recourse project funding loans for Green Infrastructure projects. Long-term BOT arrangements are structured with 15-25+ year payback periods.  

• A nation-sourced Government or Private initial contribution of 10-30% of the project contract size based on the project timeline is required to trigger outside investment and funding. 

• Example: USD100 million investment can be structured in 2 months to provide the non-recourse loan's monthly distributions exceeding USD1 billion over 2-3 years.  

• The initial contribution is repaid in full at the end of the investment program or rolled over into new projects. 

• Investment can be removed at any time, but this stops project funding.   

• Additional authorized Green Infrastructure projects and accompanying initial investments can be added at any time to the WLS Financing vehicle. 

WLS has partnered with Madini Ltd, an engineering consultancy who has been active in the mining and infrastructure sectors for over 20 years in various African nations. Madini has a successful track record in its various mining and civil infrastructure projects.  The Madini team see water as Africa's most valuable commodity.

• Solutions are scalable and can either be containerized (60m3/day) for fast deployment or configured in centralized facilities (circa 5,000m3/day) for higher demand locations.   

• Water inflow, process and product quality are remotely monitored to ensure optimal performance and quality standards.   

• Ability to handle changes in inflow quality through onsite addition of additional filtration components.  

• The systems can be independently powered by renewable energy sources in urban or remote rural locations. 

•  Systems are based on Electrolytic Treatment Process (ETP) and not traditional biological treatment processes (BTP) which is preferred due to the superior pollutant treatment capacity, significantly lower Green House Gas emissions and the wide variety of water supply and wastewater treatment applications in all municipal and industrial sectors. 

• WLS water and waste water treatment systems come delivered ready to be powered by solar or grid power connections.  

• The dedicated hydrogen production units, when powered by hydroelectric, solar, or wind power sources produce Green Hydrogen. Virtually zero GHG emissions are emitted by the WLS hydrogen production process.  

• WLS dedicated hydrogen production and energy supply projects will be initially powered by third party hydroelectric, solar, or wind power sources. The intermittent energy supply of these renewable energy sources can be made constant, while retaining the Green environmental standard, with the use of Green hydrogen to store energy.  

• Hydrogen can be produced in abundance in Angola for both domestic use and export. 

• The development of industrial parks has been recognized as an efficient way to bring together industrial activities with commercial and infrastructure services.  

• WLS Africa is interested in participate in the funding and development of Green Industrial Parks in African nations. 

• WLS has developed a unique Green Infrastructure Development Fund with partners that could be structured in such a way that will provide nations access to significant financing for Green Infrastructure Projects. 

• WLS’s focus would be the Financing, Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management of value engineered Bulk Services and Support Infrastructure. 

• WLS will work with the nation's Ministries and Agencies to enable a “Plug and Play” foundation that will attract tenants to establish their own specific infrastructure within the development.   

• GREENING OF EXISTING INDUSTRIES -  WLS Africa is interested in reducing the environmental and social impact of operational industries through the deployment of wastewater treatment for reuse technologies. Partner modular Waste-2-Energy systems can be deployed onsite at existing industrial operations in need of waste processing and Green Energy solutions. Your nation's businesses can participate in the WLS Green Infrastructure Development Fund to access Green Energy solution financing. 

SCOPE DEFINITION, SITE INVESTIGATIONS, ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION, COMMISSIONING AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT   

• Scope Definition – Working closely with the relevant agency to understand their need and supporting data and to define the scope of work. Also undertaking a gap analysis of additional work required to be implementation ready.  

• Site Survey and Investigations – Undertake site surveys and investigations to 1) validate demand, water source type, production capacity and quality and 2) distribution, energy and earthworks requirements.  

• Engineering and Procurement – Undertake the necessary engineering and procurement of services, equipment and consumables for the installation. Output is a site-specific cost estimate that is approved prior to mobilization.    

• Installation and Commissioning – Develop water supply, distribution network to water treatment facility, equipment laydown area, fence, electrical supply, installation of container units, water reservoir and product distribution network and commissioning of each system to ensure proper function prior to operations.  

• Operations Management - Operations and maintenance management services will include remote monitoring of system function and safety, dispatch of service and maintenance technician personnel for repair and scheduled maintenance of system and guarding of the system site.