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Scatec

Scatec Solar connects first part of 400 MW solar plant in Egypt to grid

Posted: April 12, 2019 at 9:32 am   /   Renewables

First part of Scatec Solar’s 400 MW solar power plant in Egypt in commercial operation. Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected and reached commercial operation for 65 MW of their 400 MW Benban project in Egypt. The Benban solar power plant is Scatec Solar’s largest project under construction, and the Company is the largest […]

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Vodafone

Vodafone dials in to 100% solar power in Egypt – Energy Live News

Posted: March 17, 2019 at 9:42 am   /   Renewables

The firm plans to build between 20MW and 25MW of new solar infrastructure by the year 2025. Vodafone claims it will be the first company in Egypt to go 100% solar. The global telecommunications giant plans to generate all of its own electricity through massive solar plants in Banban, Aswan. It says the clean power […]

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JinkoSolar, Schneider donate 55kW off-grid solar project to Sinai town

Posted: January 3, 2019 at 1:43 pm   /   Renewables

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. […]

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KarmSolar

KarmSolar, EBRD sign mandate for financing 10MW solar station in Egypt

Posted: October 30, 2018 at 4:33 pm   /   Renewables

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 […]

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Solar

TAQA Arabia, Hassan Allam break ground on EGP 1.35 bn Benban solar plant

Posted: August 29, 2018 at 1:22 pm   /   Renewables

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 […]

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Egypt receives two bids under $0.03/kWh for 200 MW Kom Ombo solar project

Posted: August 11, 2018 at 8:34 pm   /   Renewables

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 […]

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