• Thursday, 20 January 2022

    Hitachi to help connect Vestas’ 250 MW Suez Gulf wind farm to national grid

    Hitachi Energy will provide the equipment to connect Vestas’ 250 MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez to the national grid, it said in a statement (pdf) yesterday. The 70-turbine farm will generate 1 TWh of energy each year...
  • Thursday, 1 October 2020

    Six companies to bid for wind plant O&M contract

    Six foreign and local companies are planning to bid for a five-year operation and maintenance contract for the New and Renewable Energy Authority’s (NREA) 220 MW wind plant in the Gabal El Zeit complex in the Gulf of Suez, the...
  • Wednesday, 19 August 2020

    Your top infrastructure stories of the week

    Your top infrastructure stories of the week: Cairo Metro Line 3 inaugurated, ticket increase: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi inaugurated the fourth phase of the EGP 32 bn Cairo Metro Line 3 and metro price tickets all went up by...
  • Tuesday, 18 August 2020

    Denmark’s Vestas to sign agreement for 250 MW Ras Ghareb plant today

    The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) is set to sign today a final contract with Denmark’s Vestas to establish a EUR 260 mn, 250 MW wind power plant in Ras Ghareb, the local press reports, citing unnamed sources. The...
  • Tuesday, 4 February 2020

    NREA awards Ras Ghareb 250 MW wind plant tender to Vestas

    The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has awarded the tender to build Lekela Egypt’s EUR 260 mn, 250 MW wind plant in Ras Ghareb to Danish firm Vestas, sources in the Electricity Ministry told Al Mal. The final contract...
  • Wednesday, 11 December 2019

    NREA reviews Vestas’ bid for 250 MW Ras Ghareb wind plant

    The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) is reviewing the offer Denmark’s Vestas submitted in the tender to build a 250 MW wind energy plant in Ras Ghareb, and will make a decision within weeks, sources told the local press....
  • Thursday, 3 October 2019

    Germany’s Senvion pulls out of Ras Ghareb wind energy plant tender

    German wind energy company Senvion has retracted its bid in the tender for Lekela’s 250 MW Ras Ghareb wind energy plant because of financial difficulties, unnamed sources from the New and Renewable Energy Authority said, according to Al Mal. This...
  • Sunday, 24 March 2019

    Lekela announces shortlist of bidders to build Ras Ghareb wind energy plant

    Siemens Gamesa, German wind energy company Senvion, and Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have been shortlisted to build Lekela’s 250 MW wind energy plant in Ras Ghareb, Lekela Egypt General Manager Faisal Eissa said. The winning company will be selected...

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