The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) on 19 March signed-up Siemens Gamesa to build, finance and operate a 500MW wind farm on Egypt’s Gulf of Suez.
Egypt currently has 4.44GW of “new renewables” capacity (excluding hydropower) in operation, split between 2.25GW of solar and 2.19GW of wind. All of Egypt’s current wind capacity is situated in the Gulf of Suez with additions to increase that capacity to 3.03GW by the end of this year and to 4.33GW by the end of 2027 also planned for the region (MEES, 16 August 2024). (CONTINUED - 129 WORDS)