Wind project will be located in Gulf of Suez
- Wind project will have a capacity of 250MW
- Four groups submitted bids for wind energy scheme
- Egypt is planning to develop more than 1,300MW of wind power on the Gulf of Suez
A consortium led by France/UKs GDF Suez has submitted the lowest tariff price for the 250MW Gulf of Suez wind project in Egypt.
GDF Suez, in partnership with Japans Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) and local Orascom, submitted a tariff price of $0.041 a kilowatt hour (kWh). The low bid was 9.3 per cent lower than the $0.045 a kWh tariff submitted by the second lowest bidder, a consortium of the UKs Actis and Mainstream Renewable Power.
Italys Enel submitted the third-lowest tariff price of $0.0494 and a consortium of Saudi Arabias Acwa Power and Greeces Terna submitted the final bid of $0.0499 a kWh.
The client for the project is the Electricity & Renewable Energy Ministry. The project will be developed on a build-own-operate (BOO) basis. The ministry is now evaluating the bids and expects to make a decision in June 2015.
The tariff prices submitted were lower than many in Egypts power sector had expected, with the average levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for onshore wind ranged between $0.06 a kWh in China and $0.09 a kWh in Africa in 2014, according to the UAE-based International Renewable Energy Agency, making it highly competitive with fossil fuel generation.
The low tariff prices submitted in Egypt were due to a combination of factors, including a site location with high wind capacity and low interest rates.
With Egypts New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA), the ministry is planning more than 1,300MW of wind power in the Gulf of Suez, predominantly on an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) basis.
This is in addition to the 2,000MW of wind power to be developed under the feed-in tariff scheme. Wind farms will be split between the Gulf of Suez, Zafarana and the Gabal el-Zeit.
NREA awarded Spanish firm Gamesa two projects in Gabal el-Zeit in early 2015 as design-build-operate (DBO) contracts. Together, they have a capacity of 340MW.
Gamesa is commissioning a 200MW wind farm in the same area.
You might also like...
Hassan Allam and Siemens confirm Hafeet Rail award
24 April 2024
UAE builds its downstream and chemical sectors
24 April 2024
Acwa Power eyes selective asset sales
24 April 2024
Bahrain mall to install solar carport
24 April 2024
A MEED Subscription...
Subscribe or upgrade your current MEED.com package to support your strategic planning with the MENA region’s best source of business information. Proceed to our online shop below to find out more about the features in each package.