Egypt-UAE sign deal to build 1,000-MW of solar and wind power

On Monday, UAE-based Renewable Energy Company AMEA Power Ltd. announced that it will construct two major clean energy projects in Egypt, making way for construction to begin.

The two projects, the 500MW Abydos solar plant located 600km south of Cairo in Aswan governorate and the 500MW Amunet wind farm 318 km south of Cairo in the Red Sea governorate will be built, owned and operated by the fully owned subsidiaries of the United Arab Emirates-based AMEA Power—Abydos Solar Power Co. and Amunet Wind Power Co.

Although AMEA Power could not confirm when the projects would break ground, the company expects to bring the solar photovoltaic (PV) plant online in the first quarter of 2025 and the wind farm in the second quarter of 2025.