{"id":640922,"date":"2017-09-07T04:06:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T04:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/07\/benban-power-plants-are-a-model-for-further-renewable-energy-projects\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T04:06:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T04:06:49","slug":"benban-power-plants-are-a-model-for-further-renewable-energy-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/09\/07\/benban-power-plants-are-a-model-for-further-renewable-energy-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Benban power plants are a model for further renewable energy projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The solar power plants in Benban, Aswan, serve as an excellent model for further <\/strong><strong>renewable energy projects<\/strong> in villages that are in need of power supply, Ahmed Abdel Tawab <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahram.org.eg\/News\/202380\/11\/612123\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A9\/%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%89-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9.aspx\">writes for Al Ahram<\/a>. Abdel Tawab points out that the plants in Benban fulfill the village\u2019s electricity needs and produce enough surplus to feed back into the national grid, in addition to creating job opportunities for the local community, all of which are advantages that could be replicated across several governorates. He calls for the community at large to pitch in to fund these future projects, and suggests that mimicking the Suez Canal bank certificate strategy could be a good way to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The solar power plants in Benban, Aswan, serve as an excellent model for further renewable energy projects in villages that are in need of power supply, Ahmed Abdel Tawab writes for Al Ahram. 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