Scatec ASA and its partners have acquired government authorization to investigate the possibility of temporarily procuring electricity from the grid for a green hydrogen plant to be built in Egypt.
Scatec and its partners, local construction business Orascom and The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE), submitted a proposal to the Egyptian Cabinet to expedite the project's development ahead of the COP 27 meeting, which will take place in the Arab country in November 2022.
The partners intend to use grid electricity solely in the early stages of the project until they can establish their own renewable energy capacity. Their green power plant will flow into the grid as soon as it is operational.
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December 10, 2021
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 starts commercial operations.
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November 30, 2021
Plug Power selected to deliver 100 MW electrolyzer for green hydrogen plant in Ain Sokhna
Scatec and its partners, OCI NV, Fertiglobe, the Sovereign Fund of Egypt, and Orascom Construction have selected Plug Power Inc. as the technology provider of electrolyzer for the 100 MW green hydroge...
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November 03, 2021
Interconnector project to link power grids of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt
Greece and Egypt have signed a preliminary deal to build a large electricity cable connecting the two countries, the first such agreement to be signed between Europe and Africa in the southeastern Med...
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October 20, 2021
Globeleq completes acquisition of 66 MWp solar project in Benban
Independent power producer (IPP) Globeleq has completed the acquisition of a 66 MWp solar photovoltaic facility located within the Benban PV complex in Egypt. The project was developed through t...
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October 18, 2021
Orascom Construction to develop 500 MW Onshore wind farm in Egypt
Orascom Construction PLC has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to develop, construct and operate a 500 MW wind farm in Ras Ghareb, Egypt.
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