The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) is expected to announce the winning company or consortium for the 6.6 GW-capacity Hamrawein “clean coal” plant by the end of April, EEHC sources tell Al Borsa. The Orascom Construction-Elsewedy Electric-Mitsubishi Hitachi consortium is currently the frontrunner in the selection process, ahead of GE and a Shanghai Electric-Dong Fang-Hassan Allam consortium, they add. The EEHC and Belgian consultancy firm Tractebel expect to complete reviewing the financial offers presented by the end of March, and will then pass along the results of their review to Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker for a final decision.

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