Commercial operation starts for 250 MW Onshore wind farm in Egypt

Lekela, the renewable power generation company announced that 250 MW West Bakr Wind farm located 30 kilometres north-west of Ras Ghareb, Gulf of Suez, Egypt starts commercial operations.

Comprising of 96 turbines, installed by Siemens Gamesa, West Bakr Wind will produce over 1000 GWh of renewable electricity every year and prevent more than 530,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually. On its own, West Bakr Wind will increase Egypt’s wind power capacity by 18%.

The project is part of the Egyptian government’s Build, Own Operate (BOO) scheme, a key element of the government’s ambitious aims to generate 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2022.

The project is financed by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation and the United States’ Development Finance Corporation.