Name and Location
Gestamp Solar Feed in Tariff (FiT) photovoltaic (PV) project, Egypt.
Client
AlTawakol Electrical Company, X-Elio Energy (formerly Gestamp) and Spectrum International for Renewable Energy.
Project Description
The project is being developed under Egypt’s first round FiT Programme. It will be located in Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Agency’s 37.5 km2 Benban 1.8 GW PV solar park, comprising 39 separate PV plots.
The project entails the construction of a 50 MW solar PV plant.
It comprises a single-axis tracking system of about 185 840 PV panels, with an estimated capacity of 50 MW ac and a peak capacity of 57.61 MW dc.
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.
Power will be sent to an inverter and fed into the utility power grid system through the EETC substation.
Value
The project is estimated at €128-million.
Duration
Not stated.
Latest Developments
None stated.
Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.
On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.
Contact Details for Project Information
X-Elio, tel +34 91 177 00 10 or email info@x-elio.com.
Spectrum International for Renewable Energy, tel +962 6 5561333, fax +962 6 5561339 or
email customerservice@spectrum-renewable.com.