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Twenty-seven new solar power plants in the Benban solar power park with a joint capacity of 1.2 GW have been brought online and linked to the national grid, Electricity Ministry sources told the local press<\/a>. Twenty-five of the plants have begun selling power to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company while the other two are conducting trial runs, and are expected to begin commercial operations within days. The 32 plants at Benban will produce a 1.46 GW of electricity by September, the sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twenty-seven new solar power plants in the Benban solar power park with a joint capacity of 1.2 GW have been brought online and linked to the national grid, Electricity Ministry sources told the local press. 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