- Taqa Power commissions a 20 MWp solar photovoltaic power plant in the seaside town of Sharm El-Sheikh.
- The installation will power 6,000 hotel rooms a few weeks before COP27.
Taqa Power, the subsidiary of the Egyptian group Taqa Arabia, recently inaugurated a solar power plant in Sharm El-Sheikh. The power plant dedicated to the supply of this seaside city populated by more than 53,000 people has a capacity of 20 MWp or an estimated annual yield of 42 GWh. It covers an area of 250,000 m2.
With the help of the South Sinai Governorate and the Tourism Development Authority (TDA), which provided land, Taqa funded and carried out this project. In addition, the Egyptian Electricity Utilities Regulation and Consumer Protection Agency (EEURPA) and the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) both assisted the solar energy provider (EgyptERA).
The Taqa solar power project investment was 250 million Egyptian pounds, or just over $12.7 million. The Cairo-based firm will run the solar power facility for 25 years. The park, whose construction required less than 100 people, will also supply electricity to the Nabq region and Global Energy, a division of Taqa Arabia. It is a 600 km2 protected natural area close to Sharm El-Sheikh.
Six thousand hotel rooms that will house delegations from around the world during the 27th United Nations Climate Conference are scheduled to receive clean energy from the facility (COP27). In addition, another power plant is anticipated to go online in addition to powering the buildings used for this climate summit. The 5 MWp plant is being constructed by Gila-AlTawakol Electric, Intro Sustainable Resources (ISR), and GTCI in Egypt.