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.
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May 10, 2021
Sungrow gets inverter order for 200 MW photovoltaic solar IPP project in Kom Ombo
Sungrow has signed the inverter supply contract for the 200 MW Kom Ombo project in Egypt following the signature of the EPC agreement between ACWA Power and the EPC contractor Sterling and Wilson Sola...
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April 28, 2021
ACWA power receives US$114 mn financing package for 200 MW solar project in Egypt
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Arab Ban...
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April 08, 2021
ACWA Power signs PPA for 200 MW Solar project in Egypt
ACWA Power has finalised the project agreements for the 200MW Kom Ombo PV plant in Egypt.
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March 08, 2021
AfDB approves a loan of over US$27 million to build Kom Ombo solar power plant
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved US$27.2 million in loan financing for the design, construction, and operation of a 200 MW photovoltaic solar power plant at Kom Omb...
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February 22, 2021
ACWA Power awards EPC deal for Kom Ombo solar project to Sterling and Wilson Solar
ACWA Power has awarded a US$127.5 million contract to Indian EPC company Sterling & Wilson Solar to provide the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to the 200 MW solar p...
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