Egypt’s Orascom Construction on 9 January announced the start of commercial operations at the first 306MW of capacity at the ‘Red Sea Wind Energy’ (RSWE) wind farm at Ras Gharib on the Gulf of Suez. This takes Egypt’s total wind capacity to 2.19GW, all on the Gulf of Suez (MEES, 3 January).
Orascom says the 306MW addition “took place four months ahead of schedule and exceeds the contractual target by 56MW,” referencing the plan to bring online an initial 250MW of RSWE capacity in Q2 followed by the remaining 250MW in Q3 this year (MEES, 10 March, 2024). (CONTINUED - 185 WORDS)