3:58 pm TGS, AustinBridgeporth to acquire World’s Highest Resolution Gravity Data over Egypt
3:42 pm Egypt, USTDA sign $690K deal to fund feasibility study of petchem development
3:37 pm El Molla meets with BP’s Bernard Looney to discuss gas projects
12:42 pm Egypt’s NREA reviews Vestas’ bid for 250 MW Ras Ghareb wind plant
12:39 pm IPTC Receives Patronage of HRH Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz
1:31 pm United Oil & Gas raises $6.3 million to fund Rockhopper Egypt acquisition
New EBRD video introduces Benban, the world’s largest solar project
The $4 billion Benban solar power park is complete. Built over the course of more than two years, all the plots at Africa’s largest solar park are now operational, the European Bank for Reconstruction and […]
Italy: Green Business in North Africa and the Middle East at Ecomondo
The countdown has begun for Ecomondo 2019, the Euro Mediterranean area’s number one green and circular economy show that runs alongside Key Energy, the renewable energy show. Over 500 buyers on their way to Italy […]
Egypt to build five Concentrated Solar Power plants with $1.2bn investment
Egypt has announced plans to construct a series of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The Ministry of Military Production in collaboration with local company, Smart Engineering Solutions (SES) will collaborate to construct the plants. With […]
Egypt to inaugurate Benban solar park in November
Egypt will inaugurate the USD 2 bn, 1.4 GW Benban solar energy park in Aswan at the end of November, Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said, Al Mal reported. Twenty-nine plants have already been linked to […]
Scatec Solar completes its 390 MW Benban project in Egypt
Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected the last of the six 65 MW solar power plants in Egypt. This marks the completion of the 390 MW Benban solar project located near Aswan in Upper […]
EBRD could invest $60 million in Infinity Solar’s renewable energy projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) could invest USD 60 million in Infinity Solar to develop new renewable energy projects, it said in a statement. The bank plans to invest in electricity distribution […]
EDF, Elsewedy commission 130 MW solar power plants in Benban
EDF Renewables and the ELSEWEDY ELECTRIC Group are announcing the commissioning of two solar power plants in Benban (Egypt) with a total installed capacity of 130MWp. These photovoltaic projects jointly owned by the partners hold […]
Construction officially starts at Lekela’s 250 MW West Bakr wind farm
Siemens Gamesa starts work on Lekela’s 250 MW West Bakr wind plant: Siemens Gamesa has begun building a 250 MW wind plant in West Bakr in the Gulf of Suez, which is expected to increase […]
KarmSolar signs EGP 230 million loan agreement with Banque Misr
KarmSolar has signed a EGP 230 mn loan agreement with Banque Misr to build 24 MW solar power plants, CEO Ahmed Zahran told the local press. Zahran did not say how many plants the company […]
Egypt’s Renewable Energy IPP Model – by Shehata & Partners Law Firm
In Egypt, an independent power plant (“IPP“) may, subject to applying for and successfully being granted a generation license, sell electricity to private consumers under two different schemes; the net-metering scheme and the wheeling scheme. […]
