Centamin plc, the mining company, has awarded juwi, a leading renewable specialist company, and Giza Systems, a leading systems integrator in the MEA region, the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts for its 36 MW solar farm and 7.5 MW battery energy storage system at the Sukari gold mine, the Eastern Desert in Egypt.
Giza Systems has been contracted to install the Sukari solar plant; while juwi has been contracted to design, supply, and integrate the Sukari solar and battery plant into the current diesel power plant.
The Sukari solar plant will be the largest hybrid solar project at an off-grid mining operation. The massive project is expected to reduce diesel fuel oil consumption by more than 22 million liters per year and lower carbon emissions by more than 60,000 tonnes CO2-e per year. It will also reduce operating costs and increase the reliability of the power system. The project is scheduled to be commissioned late in the first half of 2022.
