- Taqa Arabia is inaugurating a solar PV plant in Soma Bay, Egypt.\
- The plant has a capacity of 5 MWp.
Taqa Arabia, an Egypt-based energy company, has announced the commissioning of a solar photovoltaic plant in Soma Bay. The inauguration ceremony was attended by officials from Taqa Arabia, which owns the solar power plant, and Ibrahim El-Missiri, the chairman and CEO of Abu Soma Tourism Development Company (ASDC).
The solar power plant, which has a capacity of 5 MWp, was constructed by Taqa Power, the subsidiary of Taqa Arabia Group. The clean electricity is sold to ASDC under a 30-year power purchase agreement. “Our main objective is to generate the required energy using solar to reduce electricity and seawater desalination costs. This project aligns with Egypt’s vision to explore and diversify the country’s energy resources,” says Ibrahim El-Missiri.