The commercial operation announcement is the second out of six plants in Benban.

Egypt may receive Scatec Solar's $500m investment by October, and 40 solar power plants may be established by 2018 in Upper Egypt’s Benban village, in Aswan.

Mozambique will start building its first large scale solar plant in early 2017, after the international independent solar power producer, Scatec Solar signed a $80m power sale deal with state-owned utility company Electricidade de Mozambique (EDM) for 25 years.

The Egyptian New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) along with the Egyptian Ministry of Finance completed drafting the Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) for phase II of the energy purchase Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) program.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity is ready to sign power purchasing agreements under the terms of phase one of the feed-in tariff (FiT) program

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.

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.