The renewables division of EDF and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have commissioned 130 MW of solar power at two plants in Egypt, built as part of the Benban project, forecast to have a final capacity of almost 1.8 GW. Both firms received backing from the Elsewedy Electric Group and the Proparco development finance organisation. The plants have a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, details of which have not been disclosed, and form part of the second phase of the Egyptian government’s national electricity feed-in tariff scheme.
The renewables division of EDF and the Elsewedy Electric Group have commissioned 130 MW of solar power at two plants in Egypt, built as part of the Benban project, forecast to have a final capacity of almost 1.8 GW. Both firms received backing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Proparco development finance organisation. The plants have a 25-year power purchase agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company, details of which have not been disclosed, and form part of the second phase of the Egyptian government’s national electricity feed-in tariff scheme.