Chinese state-owned Sinohydro will collaborate with the Egyptian authorities to construct a 2,400 MW pumped-storage hydropower plant, energy from which will be put into long-term storage. Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm Work is expected to get underway at Jabal Ataqa , near Suez , in the past few years . When complete, the plant will be the first of its kind in Suez . Chinese Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said the hydropower plant was among several measures aimed at optimising the country's electricity supply, including renewing old power stations and building 2,400 MW-worth of clean coal plants.
Chinese state-owned Sinohydro will collaborate with the Egyptian authorities to construct a 2,400 MW pumped-storage hydropower plant, energy from which will be put into long-term storage. Work is expected to get underway at Jabal Ataqa , near Suez , in the past few years . When complete, the plant will be the first of its kind in Suez . Chinese Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker said the hydropower plant was among several measures aimed at optimising the country's electricity supply, including renewing old power stations and building 2,400 MW-worth of clean coal plants.