Mr Robert Valk
Founder and Engineer
Robert Valk is a Dutch engineer, MSc, founder, principal shareholder and executive behind Green Tech Europe B.V. and its subsidiaries Green Tech Egypt and Renergy Group Partners. Mr. Valk holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Software Design and has more than 35 years of entrepreneurial, M&A and investment experience. He is the initiator and sponsor of projects across a wide range of applications and industries. He is the founder of Valk Solutions, a leading Dutch software company specialising in cloud-based ERP retail software, point of sale, e-commerce and payment systems. The company was acquired by a German investment fund in 2023.
Mr. Valk has been investing in Egypt since 2016 through Green Tech Egypt and Renergy, focusing on sustainable waste management and cornerstone renewable-energy projects to secure long-term sustainable renewable energy and enable new industries in Egypt.
He delivered the first waste-processing facility in 2018 in a record-breaking six months from signing to commissioning.
He is the initiator, investor and developer of the first 30 MW Waste-to-Energy power plant, representing a USD 145 million foreign investment. The project is EPC-ready and awaiting final approvals from the Prime Minister’s Office.
The latest cornerstone project is a 3.1 GW renewable pumped-storage hydropower plant at El-Tor, South Sinai, with an estimated USD 15 billion foreign investment. The project is currently at the Pre-FEED stage, finalising arrangements with the Minister of Electricity to work on the PPA framework. It will provide Egypt with 10% of its electricity needs over a 50-year lifetime, with annual savings on electricity generation of 1.35 billion. It will also reduce LNG imports by an estimated 30% per year, with an estimated annual value of USD 2.5 billion.
Robert Valk has been married for 35 years and has three children.
