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Egypt plans 100MW solar power plant

Thursday, 15 July 2010 21:52

Egypt plans 100MW solar power plant

Source: The Guardian

Date: 12 July 2010

The Egyptian Electricity Ministry has unveiled plans to build a new $700m 100MW solar power plant between 2012 and 2017 that should further establish the country as one of the leading developers of utility-scale solar plants. According to reports in the local Al-Ahram newspaper, the solar power project at Kom Ombo, near the Aswan High Dam hydro-electric plant, will be financed by a number of international institutions, including the African Development Fund and the World Bank. Additional finance is also expected to be provided through the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) carbon offsetting scheme.

Wind power for Egypt mobile network

Wednesday, 14 July 2010 21:55

Wind power for Egypt mobile network

Date: 9 July 2010

Source: Reuters

Wind turbine firm, Zephyr, is close to a deal with an Egyptian mobile firm to bolster network coverage for tourists, whose roaming rates offer a lucrative market, and trim remote area operating costs, executives said.

Egypt to receive US$220mn for clean energy

Monday, 24 May 2010 07:43

Date: 23/5/2010

Source: Almasryalyoum

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has obtained a US$220 million loan from the World Bank to implement a project to transport electricity from wind farms in the Gabal el-Zeit region to the electric grid, Minister of Electricity Hassan Yunis announced in a statement yesterday.

Yunis added said the loan agreement was signed by Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company to fund the installation of 280km of 550 kilovolt double-circuit transmission lines from the Samalut station in Minya Governorate to the Gabal el-Zeit region. The Samalut station will be expanded through the addition of a 220/500 kilowatt transformer, according to Yunis.

Pakistan says Egypt's Sewedy eyeing wind investment

Monday, 24 May 2010 07:40

CAIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Egypt's Sewedy Cables is considering investing in Pakistan's wind energy sector, Pakistan's foreign minister said in Cairo on Sunday.

"We have met with the Sewedy group yesterday and they have shown interest in investing in the energy sector in Pakistan. They have expertise and technology to fulfill our requirements," Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters.