Attaqa pumped-storage power station granted environmental approval

The USD 2.6 bn pumped-storage hydroelectricity power station in Attaqa, a zombie project from the EEDC that was recently resurrected, has received the final environmental approvals that signal the beginning of construction, Al Masry Al Youm reports. Contracts for the project, which will be developed by China’s Sinohydro, were signed during President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s trip to Beijing for the China-Africa Cooperation Forum.