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· The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has called off the tender for setting up a solar photovoltaic power plant in the West Nile area with a capacity of 200 MW
· The EETC has already informed the 13 companies, which had qualified to bid for the project
· The companies bid for the tender included Orascom Construction, Infinity Energy, Acwa Power, Alcazar Energy, Lekela Power, Tebia, Masdar and First Solar.
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has called off the tender for setting up a solar photovoltaic power plant in the West Nile area with a capacity of 200 MW. The EETC has already informed the 13 companies, which had qualified to bid for the project. These included, among others, Orascom construction, Infinity Energy, Acwa Power, Alcazar Energy, Lekela Power, Tebia, Masdar and First Solar.
The EETC had previously contracted India’s Synergy for undertaking the consultancy work for the project. The reason for cancellation of the tender is that the country has achieved surplus electricity amid lower demand in the local market.
Informed sources point out that the EETC may not cancel the other 600 MW projects in the west Nile area, being implemented with the cooperation from the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Egypt aims to produce 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2022, and 42% by 2035.
