Chinese company Sungrow Power Supply has been chosen by Saudi Arabian independent power producer (IPP) Acwa Power to supply the inverters for the Kom Ombo solar photovoltaic plant. The facility, which is being built by India’s Sterling and Wilson, will have a capacity of 200 MWp, making it one of the largest solar power plants […]
KOM OMBO SOLAR POWER PLANT RECEIVES USD 114 MILLION IN FUNDING
Kom Ombo, Egypt’s largest solar power plant, received millions in fresh funds to add 200 MW of energy capacity in the country. Egypt’s largest private solar power plant, Kom Ombo, has secured a USD114 million financing package from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the OPEC Fund for International Development, the African Development […]
Egypt signs $700 renewable energy contracts in Kom Ombo Complex
Kom Ombo is located about 10 kilometers from the Benban Solar Energy Complex in Aswan Governorate. RIYADH: Egypt has signed $700 million worth of contracts for the Kom Ombo Solar Energy Complex, the chairman of the New and Renewable Energy Authority said. Kom Ombo is located about 10 kilometers from the Benban Solar Energy Complex […]
Egypt’s largest solar plant, Kom Ombo, receives US$ 114 million financing package
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Arab Bank today signed a US$ 114 million financing package with ACWA Power for the construction of the largest private solar plant in Egypt. The development of […]
Kom Ombo Solar power plant construction in Egypt to begin in Q3 2021
ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation and desalinated water plants has announced that the construction of the Kom Ombo Solar power plant will officially begin in the third quarter of the year 2021. The announcement was made after the finalization of the virtual signing of a 25-year Power Purchase […]
New contractor for Kom Ombo solar power plant in Egypt
The construction works of the 200 MW Kom Ombo solar power plant in Egypt, will now be carried out by India’s Sterling and Wilson. This comes following an agreement with the Saudi Arabia based Independent Power Producer (IPP) company, ACWA Power. The decision was reached as a result of the withdrawal of the former Engineering, […]
Egypt: EBRD lends $54m for 200 MWp of solar energy to Kom Ombo
Acwa Power receives funding for the construction of its Kom Ombo solar photovoltaic power plant (200 MWp) in Upper Egypt. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has lent $54 million. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the construction of the Kom Ombo solar photovoltaic power plant in Upper Egypt. […]
EGYPTIAN POWER COMPANY RECEIVES USD 54 MILLION IN LOANS TO BUILD SOLAR PLANT IN KOM OMBO
The European Bank for Recontruction and Development has given ACWA Power a loan of USD 54 million to build a solar power plant in Kom Ombo, set to become one of the largest privately developed solar plants in Egypt. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been providing Egypt with a lot of […]
EGYPT: Acwa Power secures contract for 200 MWp of solar energy in Kom Ombo
Saudi independent power producer Acwa Power (IPP) has won the contract to build the Kom Ombo solar photovoltaic power plant in Upper Egypt. It will have a capacity of 200 MWp. It is no surprise that Acwa Power, an independent power producer (IPP) based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will build the Kom Ombo solar photovoltaic […]