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TunisiaEgypt: European Partners launch largest Windfarm in Africa
November 6, 2015
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The EU, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the German Development Cooperation jointly with the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy inaugurated yesterday the largest windfarm in Africa, 200 Megawatt (MW)—in the area of Gulf of El Zayt in Egypt.
The project is part of the Egyptian long-term energy strategy to utilize the enormous renewable energy potentials of Egypt. The total budget of the project amounts to €340 million. The EU has granted a total of €30 Million of the total project’s budget.
The project’s objective is to address Egypt’s energy needs through promoting the use of renewable energy to capitalise on the country’s remarkable potentials for wind and solar power generation. The project generates up to 800 GW per year, which is sufficient to supply approx. 500,000 people with electricity and contributes to preventing about 400,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide CO2 emissions per year. (EU Neighbourhood Info)
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EU Neighbourhood Info Centre webpage – Egypt
EU Delegation to Egypt – website and Facebook page
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