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Lekela exploring potential green hydrogen, desalination projects

Posted: March 14, 2022 at 9:20 pm   /   Renewables

Lekela could branch out into green hydrogen + desalination: Renewables player Lekela Power is “actively exploring” potential green hydrogen and renewables-powered water desalination investment prospects with the government and the private sector, general manager for Egypt Faisal Issa told Enterprise. Spanish and British investors have expressed interest in working with Lekela on the desalination projects, he […]

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Lekela celebrates commercial operation of Egypt’s West Bakr Wind Farm

Posted: March 4, 2022 at 10:29 pm   /   Renewables

The Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy in Cairo attend the event. Lekela now has over 1,000MW in operation, plus its development pipeline. Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, today celebrated commercial operation  of its 252MW West Bakr Wind farm in Egypt. Three months after the official start […]

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TransGlobe announces amendment of Egypt’s Eastern Desert Production Sharing Contracts

Posted: December 22, 2021 at 12:57 pm   /   Oil & Gas

TransGlobe Energy announces ratification of the consolidated and amended Eastern Desert Production Sharing Contracts. TransGlobe Energy has announced the ratification of the consolidated and amended Eastern Desert Production Sharing Contracts. Production Sharing Contract Ratification TransGlobe has received notification that its agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (‘EGPC’) to merge, amend and extend its three existing Eastern Desert concessions […]

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Lekela reaches Commercial Operation of 250MW West Bakr Wind Farm

Posted: November 29, 2021 at 11:00 am   /   Renewables

Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, today celebrates a landmark moment as it reaches commercial operation of its West Bakr Wind farm in Egypt. The project has taken less than two years to build since construction work started on site in February 2020. Comprising 96 turbines, installed by Siemens […]

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Lekela Continues to Expand on Community Initiatives as it Gears-up to Deliver West Bakr Wind Farm before Year-end

Posted: September 14, 2021 at 9:38 pm   /   Renewables

After the synchronization of the first 20 turbines of its Wind Farm Project in Egypt, Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, is preparing to deliver its first Wind Farm project in Egypt, West Bakr, before the end of the yean providing an additional 250 MW of clean energy to […]

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Lekela: First Twenty Turbines Connected to Grid at West Bakr Wind Farm

Posted: August 3, 2021 at 11:17 am   /   Renewables

Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, today celebrates a landmark moment as the first 20 turbines at West Bakr Wind farm have now been successfully synchronized, with the wind farm now providing power to the grid. Synchronization is an important step to completion of the project. Now that this […]

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Lekela’s Apprenticeship Program Embraces Women’s Empowerment Efforts

Posted: March 18, 2021 at 1:24 pm   /   Renewables

In its pursuit to empowering women and embracing gender equality, Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, is taking the opportunity of the Egyptian Women’s Day, to launch a new initiative, inviting three local young females from the city of Ras Ghareb to its Apprenticeship Program at West Bakr Wind […]

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Lekela’s West Bakr Wind Farm reaches 1 Million Man-Hours without Lost Time Incidents

Posted: March 1, 2021 at 6:16 pm   /   Renewables

West Bakr Wind, Lekela’s 250MW project in Egypt, celebrates a new milestone today, as it reaches 1 million hours of work with no Lost Time Incidents (LTIs), i.e., an incident that results in an employee missing work due to an injury. To commemorate this achievement, Lekela celebrated with its workers and subcontractors onsite with the […]

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Lekela: 250MW West Bakr Wind Farm celebrates installation of first turbine

Posted: December 23, 2020 at 8:58 pm   /   Renewables

Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, today announced the successful installation of the first turbine at its 250MW West Bakr wind project in Egypt. The installation marks an important step for the project, which began construction in February. In total, 96 turbines will be installed by Siemens Gamesa, with […]

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TransGlobe agrees with EGPC to merge, extend & modernize its Eastern Desert Concessions

Posted: December 7, 2020 at 1:10 pm   /   Oil & Gas

TransGlobe Energy Corporation announced it has reached an agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (“EGPC”) to merge the Company’s three existing Eastern Desert concessions (the West Gharib, West Bakr and North West Gharib concessions) into a new modernized concession agreement (the “Merged Concession” or “Agreement”). The Agreement is subject to the usual Egyptian Parliamentary […]

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