Implementation of three wind farms with investments of $25 billion in Egypt to produce 25 gigawatts..
On the path of development corridor | Sohag is preparing to host three giant wind farms on the Western Desert Road, with investments exceeding $25 billion, due to the privilege of Upper Egypt with the largest wind speed at the international level, especially the regions west of Sohag and west of Minya.
The new farms, with a production capacity of 25 gigawatts, represent 40% of Egypt's electricity production and 400% of Africa's wind energy production.
1- The first farm: It is being implemented by the Emirati company, "Masdar", with a capacity of 10 gigawatts, with investments of 10 billion dollars. It is expected to start implementation next year, and its implementation period will take 6 years.
2- The second farm: It is being implemented by the Saudi company, "Aqua Power", with a capacity of 10 gigawatts, with investments of $10 billion.
3- The third farm: It is being implemented by the Norwegian company "Scatec", with a capacity of 5 gigawatts, with investments of $5.6 billion.
It is worth noting that Egypt has three wind farms with a production capacity of 1.3 gigawatts, making it the second largest country in Africa in producing electricity from wind after South Africa: the Gabal El-Zeit farm with a capacity of 580 megawatts (the largest in Africa) - the Zaafarana wind farm with a capacity of 545 megawatts - a wind farm Gulf of Suez with a capacity of 250 megawatts, as well as a series of other farms being implemented on the shores of the Red Sea with a capacity of more than 3 gigawatts.
Egypt seeks to reduce dependence on hydrocarbons for electricity generation and to raise the share of renewable resources (winds and sun) from 20% to 45% over the next ten years.
* There are also giant projects for the production of
green hydrogen and
green ammonia,
estimated at more than 100 billion dollars. Egypt is planned to become one of the top 10 producing countries for future fuels, in addition to the need to reduce dependence on gas in power generation and use, to provide it for petrochemical and fertilizer factories, and to maximize its export revenue.
** Egypt is also building 4 civilian nuclear reactors to produce 5,000 megawatts of electricity at the Dabaa plant, and there is a plan for more stations in the same area.