Egypt is adding a large battery to store solar energy from its Kom Ombo plant in Aswan. The project is being developed by AMEA Power and supported with funding from the International Finance Corporation, or IFC..
Egypt is adding a large battery to store solar energy from its Kom Ombo plant in Aswan. The project is being developed by AMEA Power and supported with funding from the International Finance Corporation, or IFC..
Cairo, Egypt, June 15, 2025 – IFC today announced an investment to support Egypt’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), deepening its partnership with AMEA Power, a leading renewable energy developer in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, and the Government of Egypt to. .
AMEA Power has completed Egypt’s first grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS), co-located with a major 500 MW solar plant. AMEA Power has successfully commissioned Egypt’s first-ever utility-scale BESS, a 300 MWh facility located in the Aswan Governorate, south of Cairo, along the NIle..
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), African Development Bank (AfDB), and British International Investment (BII), the United Kingdom’s development finance institution and impact investor, are providing a total of US$ 479.1 million to Obelisk Solar Power SAE, a. .
AMEA Power has completed commissioning of the first large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Egypt, ahead of the start of commercial operations. Dubai, UAE-headquartered renewable energy developer, owner and operator AMEA Power said this morning that the 300MWh BESS at its 500MW Abydos. .
Norway’s Scatec has signed a 25-year PPA with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co. (EETC) for a 1 GW solar and 100 MW/200 MWh battery storage hybrid project in Egypt. “This will be the first hybrid solar and battery project in Egypt,” said Scatec CEO Terje Pilskog. “We will now finalize land lease. .
Egypt is adding a large battery to store solar energy from its Kom Ombo plant in Aswan. The project is being developed by AMEA Power and supported with funding from the International Finance Corporation, or IFC. A total of $72 million in financing is being provided to help build and install a 300.
