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The plants were awarded under the second round of the feed-in tariff (FiT) program, and will produce over 400k MWh of electricity each year. This is in addition to the company\u2019s 64.1 MW project it launched with Infinity Solar <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/03\/14\/egypt-inaugurates-benbans-first-solar-plant\/\">in March 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German solar project development companyIb Vogt has begun commercial operation of three solar power plants with a combined capacity of 166.5 MW at the Benban solar complex near Aswan, the company announced in a statement. 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