Delta Solar project, Egypt

26th August 2016

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

  

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Name and Location
Delta Solar project, Egypt.

Client
Delta for Renewable Energy, comprising Nile Capital and Canadian Solar Energy Group.

Project Description
The project is being developed under Egypt’s first-round Feed-in Tariff Programme.

It will be located in Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Agency’s 37.5 km2 Benban 1.8 GW photovoltaic (PV) solar park, comprising 39 separate PV plots.

The project entails the construction of a 50 MW solar PV plant.

It will comprise a single-axis tracking system of about 206 360 PV panels, with an estimated capacity of 50 MW ac. Power will be sent to an inverter and fed into the utility power grid system through the Egypt Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) substation.

All power will be sold to EETC under a 25-year power purchase agreement.

The power plant will be connected to the substation by an underground 22 kV transmission line that will be installed by EETC.

Value
The project is estimated at €120-million.

Duration
Project procurement and construction will start between the second and third quarters of 2016.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Enneray (engineering, procurement and construction, and operations and maintenance contractor).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
Canadian Solar Energy Group, tel +1 519 837 1881
Nile Capital, tel +1 646 367 2820, fax + 1646 367 2815 or email info@nilecapital.com.
Enneray, email info@enerray.com.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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