3:33 pm Borouge sets up petrochemicals marketing company in Egypt
3:29 pm Dragon Oil completes acquisition of BP’s Gulf of Suez assets (GUPCO)
3:21 pm China’s Gezhouba signs $287.5 mn contract to build solar plants in Egypt
1:26 pm Pharos Energy announces trading and Egypt operations update
1:16 pm ADES secures contract renewal for Admarine 262 jack-up rig in KSA
1:10 pm Shell submits proposal to sell natural gas to the Egyptian local market
French EDF Renewables reportedly to invest $25 million in KarmSolar
EDF to invest USD 25 million in KarmSolar this year: French energy company EDF Renewables is reportedly in advanced talks to invest as much as USD 25 million in KarmSolar before the end of the […]
ACWA Power signs PPA for 200 MW Solar PV Plant in Kom Ombo, Egypt
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has signed a PPA with the Government of Egypt to develop, finance, construct and operate the 200-MW Kom Ombo photovoltaic plant. The plant will power approximately 130,000 homes with solar energy and […]
Toyota-OC-Engie alliance begins trial run at 250 MW Ras Ghareb wind farm
A consortium comprised of Orascom Construction (OC), Engie, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation began trial runs on its 250 MW wind farm in Ras Ghareb, sources in the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) told the […]
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 […]
