Amea Power, primarily based in Dubai, is growing two main renewable tasks in Egypt after buying two PPAs with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co.
The first undertaking features a 1 GW photo voltaic plant with a 600 MWh BESS within the Benban space. The second undertaking is a 300 MWh BESS on the web site of Amea Power’s 500 MW Abydos photo voltaic array, which is at the moment underneath development. Both tasks are within the governorate of Aswan in Egypt.
Amea Power stated the Benban web site is the biggest solar-plus-BESS undertaking in Africa, whereas the Abydos undertaking will symbolize the primary utility-scale BESS answer in Egypt. The firm is investing $800 million within the two tasks, that are anticipated to energy greater than 769,000 houses.
“These tasks should not solely about producing energy, they’re catalysts for financial progress, job creation, and neighborhood empowerment,” stated Amea Power Chairman Hussain Al Nowais.
The newest bulletins convey Amea Power’s whole renewable capability in Egypt to 2 GW of photo voltaic and 900 MWh of BESS. The firm claims to have tasks in 20 nations, with a pipeline of greater than 6 GW and 1.6 GW at the moment working and underneath or close to development.
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