Norway’s Scatec got the cabinet green light to set up a solar and battery storage facility that can supply a stable 100 MW of electricity around the clock, according to a statement from the cabinet.

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The details: The project will combine 1.7 GW of solar power with 4 GWh of battery storage to be transmitted using a 500 kV Lilo line connected to the main transmission line. It will include 1.4 GWh of battery storage in Abu Qir — alongside a substation for grid connection — and 1 GWh of battery storage in Nagaa Hammadi.

To ensure electricity stability: The storage batteries will operate using a grid-formating system, which ensures energy supplies are reliable and stable.

EETC to secure supplies: The cabinet approved the signing of the power purchase agreement and grid connection agreement for the project between Scatec and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC). It also greenlit the land usufruct agreement with the New and Renewable Energy Authority.

Another renewable project got a nod from the cabinet: The cabinet approved a proposal from a consortium of Orascom Construction, France’s Engie, and Japan’s Toyota Tsusho to set up a 900 MW wind plant in Ras Shukeir. The project will operate under a power purchase agreement with the EETC and a land-use agreement with the New and Renewable Energy Authority.

The consortium owns another wind farm nearby: The players over the summer commissioned their 650 MW wind farm in Ras Ghareb, which was developed under a 25-year build-own-operate contract.

ALSO FROM THE CABINET- The cabinet granted Alamein for Silicon Product the golden license to establish and operate a 714k sqm silicon manufacturing and refining plant in New Alamein. Construction is expected to wrap up by mid-2027, creating roughly 250 direct and 2k indirect jobs.

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