Toyota, Orascom, and GD France alliance is waiting the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) to complete the land allocation agreement for the Gulf of Suez wind farm.
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy delayed receiving three bids for a tender meant to build wind farms and solar power plants in Aswan and west of the Nile with total capacity 650MW.
Egypt called on Toyota, Orascom, and GD France alliance to accept that arbitration in case of dispute to be held in Cairo, in order to complete the contracting on the Suez Gulf wind farm.
The Egyptian Ministry of Finance approved issuing a financial guarantee for a new 250MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez to be granted to a venture between Toyota, Orascom and GD France.
The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker, stated that the Egyptian electricity sector launched 3 new renewable energy tenders under the build, own, and operate (BOO) system.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a $70m loan to Green Watts Renewable Energy to help build the 86MW Al Rajef wind farm in southern Jordan.