Dubai-based developer Amea Power’s 500 MW solar power plant in Abydos, located in Aswan Governorate in southern Egypt, is now fully operational.
The PV installation, which was completed in 18 months, is said to be Egypt’s largest to date and will generate around 1,500 GWh of energy per year, which is enough to power around 300,000 households.
International Finance Corp. financed the PV project together with the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. A 500 MW wind farm should also be completed in the first quarter of 2025.
Amea Power chairman Hussain Al Nowais said the plant is an important step towards Egypt’s target of achieving 42% of energy generation from renewable energy sources by 2030.
In September, Amea Power unveiled plans to build 1GW of solar and 600MW of battery energy storage (BESS), which will become Africa’s largest project of its kind once commissioned.
Another 300 MWh BESS is also being worked on at the Abydos site. Amea Power has signed power purchase agreements with state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co for both projects.
According to figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Egypt had deployed 1.8 GW of solar energy by the end of 2023.
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