The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company received three offers from American, Chinese, and Japanese conglomerates for the 6,000 MW Hamrawein “clean coal” power plant, unnamed Electricity Ministry sources tell Al Borsa. The plant is expected to take seven years to complete, with an investment value of as much as USD 10 bn. We like energy. Lots and lots of energy. But at this stage, with Zohr due to come on stream and the increasing economic rationale for solar power, we have to ask: Why are we talking about burning coal?

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