Italy's Eni has requested a license from the Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (EgyptERA) to establish a 50 MW solar power plant.

The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) will work with Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) to build a wind farm, using the build, own, operate (BOO) framework.

A tender for a 200MW BOO (build-own-operate) solar PV plant project in Egypt has had its deadline extended by six months until December 21st.