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Infographic: The Benban Solar Park in Egypt (Forbes)
The Benban Solar Park in Aswan – Egypt. Graphics: Sally Hoteit (Source: Forbes Middle East)
Bloomberg: Desert Sun to Power Upper Egypt with $2.8 bn Solar Park
German-built solar plant is first to feed into grid in Aswan. Egypt targets producing 20% of power from renewables by 2022. Egypt inaugurated the first solar power plant at a remote desert complex where the […]
Egypt inaugurates first phase of 1.8 GW Benban solar park
Infinity Solar inaugurated its 50 MW power plant as part of Benban solar park. Egypt’s Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker inaugurated on Tuesday the first phase of Egypt’s Benban solar park in Aswan, set to […]
Egypt signs contract for $400 mn Gulf of Suez wind farm
The project is expected to produce 250 MW of energy. The state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company on Tuesday signed an agreement with a Toyota-Engie-Orascom alliance to establish and develop a wind farm in the Gulf […]
Eni to sign agreement for 50 MW solar power plant in Egypt
The plant will be built in Abu Rudeis city in South Sinai Governorate with $50 million in investment. The Egyptian Electricity ministry is planning to sign an agreement with Italy’s Eni to set up a […]
World’s largest solar park under development in Benban, Egypt
The Benban Solar Park aims to reach somewhere between 1.6-2.0GW of solar power by the middle of 2019. The projects will receive no incentives, however, it will be given a 25 year contract to sell […]
Benban solar power complex wins Thomson Reuters’ Project Finance International Award
Egypt’s solar power complex Benban, located near Aswan, set to become the largest solar park in the world, won on Wednesday the Thomson Reuters’ project Finance International Award for “Global Multilateral of the Year,” Zulficar […]
Masdar plans to invest in 500 MW of solar power generation in Egypt
A week after its wind announcement, Masdar says it plans to invest in up to 500 MW of solar power generation capacity in Egypt. UAE’s Masdar presented the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) with […]
Masdar eyes investment opportunities in Egypt's wind energy sector
UAE clean energy firm Masdar is eyeing opportunities in “the burgeoning Egyptian wind sector,” CEO Mohamed Al Ramahi tells the National in an exclusive. The company is looking at a collaboration between Egyptian companies and […]
ACWA Power reaches financial close for three solar plants in Benban
ACWA Power’s three Solar PV projects for 165.5MWp under Round 2 of Egypt FiT program II reaches financial close. • ACWA Power has reached financial close of three solar photovoltaic power plants in Benban under […]