JinkoSolar, Schneider donate 55kW off-grid solar project to Sinai town
JinkoSolar and Schneider Electric have completed a 55kW off-grid solar power project in Sinai to provide 35 families with electricity, according to a company statement. Before the project, the families of Abu Ghuraqd village used diesel generators, which gave them access to power only 8 hours per day and caused both noise and air pollution. […]
KarmSolar, EBRD sign mandate for financing 10MW solar station in Egypt
KarmSolar, EBRD sign mandate letter for financing 10MW solar station under Power Purchase Agreement for Egyptian private off taker. KarmSolar and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed a mandate letter today through which the EBRD will study the financing of a 10MWs solar station of KarmSolar’s Power Purchase Agreements with one of […]
TAQA Arabia, Hassan Allam break ground on EGP 1.35 bn Benban solar plant
Qalaa Holdings subsidiary TAQA Arabia and Hassan Allam Holding have begun constructing their EGP 1.35 bn, 50 MW solar power plant in Aswan’s Benban complex, Qalaa said in a statement to the EGX. The project is being finance by five international institutions, including the International Finance Corporation IFC, according to the statement. The power plant […]
Egypt receives two bids under $0.03/kWh for 200 MW Kom Ombo solar project
The lowest bid was submitted by Spanish developer Fotowatio, which offered US$0.02791 per kWh. Slightly higher, at $0.02799 per kWh, was the offer of Saudi power company, ACWA. The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) will review six bids for the 200 MW Kom Ombo solar PV project in Egypt, according to a press release issued […]
