Global Solar Council Commends Egypt’s Clean Energy Shift

• Thursday, 26th February 2026
• by Samar Samir

In its February 2026 report, the Global Solar Council (GSC) praised Egypt’s strategic efforts to diversify its energy mix and bolster green electricity exports, solidifying the nation’s standing as a regional hu...

Egypt Signs Agreement with Scatec for Green Ammonia Production

• Sunday, 26th February 2023
• by Fatma Ahmed

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El Molla along with the Norway’s Ambassador to Egypt Hilde Klemetsdal has witnessed the signing of a joint agreement between Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (E...

Scatec Solar Operates Third Plant in Benban

• Thursday, 13th June 2019
• by Mai El Ghandour

Scatec Solar started operating its third 65 megawatts (MW) photovoltaic (PV) park at Benban solar power complex, with its total operations reaching 195 MW, the company revealed. The installed plants use bi-facial pane...

Scatec Solar to Invest $500m in Egypt

• Sunday, 23rd April 2017
• by Sarah Samir

Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr, met with Regional Director of Norwegian Scatec Solar, Morten Langsholdt, and discussed Egypt’s renewable energy plans, reported Al Ahram...

Mozambique to Build Large Solar Plant

• Sunday, 6th November 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Mozambique will start building its first large scale solar plant in early 2017, after the international independent solar power producer, Scatec Solar, in partnership with Norfund, signed a $80m power sale deal with s...

Egypt Drafted PPA for FiT Phase II

• Wednesday, 2nd November 2016
• by Sarah Samir

Sources with the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) stated that NREA along with the Egyptian Ministry of Finance completed drafting the Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) for phase II of the energy purchase Feed-...

Egypt to Sign FiT Phase I PPAs

• Thursday, 13th October 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity is ready to sign power purchasing agreements (PPA) under the terms of phase I of the country’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program. Accordingly, the ministry has invited 8 companies...

Scatec Solar to Pump $650m in Egypt’s Solar Projects

• Wednesday, 11th May 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

Norwegian Scatec Solar company seeks to pump $650m in renewable energy investments in Egypt to establish five solar energy projects with a capacity of 250 MW, according to the company’s CEO, Raymond Carlsen, told Dail...

Scatec Solar Begins Work in Zafarana & Benban

• Wednesday, 28th October 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Norwegian solar developer, Scatec Solar, has begun ground activities at two sites in Egypt, Benban and Zafarana, to develop 250 MW of solar PV capacity, reports PV Magazine. The project comes part of the Egyptian ...