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What is Scatec's bifacial solar project in Egypt?

This is Scatec’s largest and our first project using bifacial solar modules. The bifacial modules are producing energy from both sides of the solar panel, increasing the total clean energy generation. The project holds a 25-year PPA with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company.

Will Egypt build a solar system in the Suez Canal?

CAIRO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Egypt signed a $220 million contract on Wednesday with investors from the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and China to build an integrated complex for producing solar cells, panels and energy storage systems in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, the cabinet said.

Who owns the bifacial solar panels in Egypt?

The bifacial modules in Egypt are owned by KLP Norfund Investments AS and Africa 50. They are producing energy from both sides of the solar panel, increasing the total clean energy generation.

Does Scatec have a power purchase agreement with Egypt aluminium?

Scatec and Egypt Aluminium have signed a 25-year USD-denominated corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for a 1.1 GW Solar PV + 100 MW/200MWh BESS project in Egypt backed by sovereign guarantee.

What is Scatec doing in Egypt?

Scatec is delivering electricity from six solar plants totalling 380 MW to the Government of Egypt under 25-year Power Purchase Agreements signed in 2017. The Benban site near Aswan in Upper Egypt was Scatec's largest one-site project in 2019, featuring bifacial solar modules for the first time.

Did Scatec enter the PPA with Egyptian electricity transmission company?

We are pleased to have entered the PPA with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. We will now finalise land lease agreements, grid connection agreements, and financing, and prepare for construction of the project,” says Scatec CEO Terje Pilskog.