Egyptian electricity ministry has unveiled plans to build an EGP4bn ($714m) 100 MW solar power plant between 2012 and 2017, Reuters has reported. The solar power project at Kom Ombo, near the Aswan High Dam hydro-electric plant, would only use photovoltaic power, ministry undersecretary Aktham Abou el Ella told the news service. The first solar plant in Egypt involves 120 megawatt (MW) of conventional generation using natural gas and 20 MW of solar power.