…Overall plan is to produce 20% of electricity from renewable energy by 2022.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding a $85 million, 20MV solar power plant in the city of Red Sea Governorate of Upper Egypt to Egypt. Part of the funds will be used to build a green training centre, to be powered by a renewable energy source. The solar photovoltaic power plant will provide electricity to the population and the many tourists who enjoy the turquoise waters of the Red Sea.
In a report on Monday, Afrik21 said New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) will call for tenders by September 2019 for the construction of the power plant, even as the project remains a subject of a technical and economic feasibility study. “The company that wins the tender will receive a strip of land from NREA that it can occupy for 25 years. The select company will build a solar power plant with a storage system,” the report said
The solar park is expected to provide electricity after sunset and especially during peak hours. It will provide 30 GW/h of electricity per year. Above all, it will save at least 7,000 tonnes of oil and avoid 17,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year, the report stated
The construction of the Hurghada solar power plant is part of the Egyptian authorities’ plan to produce 20% of electricity from renewable energy by 2022. As part of this policy, the seaside city of Sharm el-Sheikh has acquired a 5 MW solar power plant built by Schneider Electric, a French industrial group specialising in the supply of electricity management products and automation.
The company worked on the project with local companies, Intro Energy and Gila AlTawakol Electric that acts as lead developer, site layout manager and co-developer respectively.
Schneider Electric is said to be involved in the project as a technical partner. The park will also provide clean energy to 2,000 people in Sharm el-Sheikh City and will prevent 3,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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