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Renewable energy group Empower has decided to scrap its plans to set up wastewater power plants in Egypt and reorient its investment to establish power plants fueled by municipal solid waste, CEO Hatem El Gamal told the local press<\/a>. According to El Gamal, the feed-in tariff for sewage-to-energy electricity, which the government set at EGP 1.03 \/ kWh, is low and would not justify investing EGP 2.4 bn. The company would therefore rather direct its investments to more profitable projects, including solid waste, the tariff for which is EGP 1.40 \/ kWh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renewable energy group Empower has decided to scrap its plans to set up wastewater power plants in Egypt and reorient its investment to establish power plants fueled by municipal solid waste, CEO Hatem El Gamal told the local press. 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