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Voltalia starts construction of 32MW Râ Solar power plant in Egypt

November 12, 2018/in Projects /by Solar Business Hub

Voltalia, an international renewable energy company headquartered in France, announced this week the beginning of the construction of Râ Solar, its first solar power plant in Africa.

On the occasion of its participation in the Investments Forum in Paris today, Voltalia announces it has begun the construction of Râ S olar, a 32 MW solar power plant located in the Ben Ban complex, in the Aswan region (Upper Egypt).

The project will benefit from a 25-year power sales contract with the state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company ( ” EETC “), which will come  into effect starting from the commissioning of the plans scheduled for H2 2019 . The contract which signed upon an official visit of president Abdel-Fatah al-Sissi in Paris in October 2017 .

With a 1.8 GW capacity, the Ben Ban solar PV complex is the world’s largest solar cluster. It will contribute to achieve the 2 GW target of solar installed capacity set by Egypt within the scope of the Paris Agreement in 2015. In addition, the overall Ben Ban cluster is expected to avoid 2 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year while Improving access to an affordable and clean energy in Egypt.

Râ Solar is the first power plant to be built , constructed and managed by Voltalia on the African continent . It wants to be equipped with 93,150 Suntech photovoltaic panels of a 345w unit capacity mounted on a single axis with trackers and at peak, around 150 people wanting to work on the construction site.

Voltalia is currently developing many projects in Africa. In Egypt , the Group has   announced its ambition to develop a 800 MW portfolio in the next 5 to 8 years, for its own account and for third-party clients.


Source: Press Relase by Voltalia.

Tags: Egypt, solar PV, Voltalia
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