- Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC), a cement manufacturer, signs PPA with Intro Power and Utilities.
- The 20 MWp solar power plant that will produce the marketed electricity is to go into service in 2023.
Suez Cement Group of Companies (SCGC) wants to green its cement production in Egypt. The subsidiary of German giant HeidelbergCement has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Intro Power and Utilities, a clean energy provider based in Cairo, Egypt. Under the agreement, Intro will develop, finance and operate a solar power plant at the Suez Cement factory site in Ain Soukhna in the Suez governorate.
The plant will have a capacity of 20 MWp and will be connected to Egypt’s national electricity grid. According to Intro’s plans, construction will start in early 2023 and should be operational by the end of the first quarter of the same year. After obtaining the necessary permits, the park is expected to be energised in the second half of 2023.
The plant will be capable of producing 45 GWh of clean electricity per year, providing 20% of the energy needed to run the Suez Cement plant. The plant is expected to provide clean electricity for at least 20 years. According to Suez, the solar power plant will offset 440,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions over 20 years.