wind power | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 2
Kenyan $144m Wind Power Project Cancelled over Land Disputes
A $144m Kenyan wind power project backed by a joint venture between Macquarie Group and Old Mutual Investment Group has been cancelled due to opposition from local landowners and farmers, developer Kinangop Wind Park ...
Jordan Launched First Utility-Scale Wind Farm
The Jordanian government announced launch of the region’s first utility-scale wind power plant, the 117MW Tafila wind farm project to displace 235,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, reported Trade Ar...
Egypt Signs 24 Agreements with Renewable Companies
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has signed cost-sharing agreements with 24 renewable energy companies, which have qualified for the feed-in tariff program to build solar and wind power plants, Daily News Egypt re...
Taqa to Divest Itself of its Sole US Wind Power Asset
Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., or Taqa, has filed with US energy regulators to sell its stake in the Lakefield wind power plant in the U.S. state of Minnesota, reported Reuters. The filing asks for authorisation of th... Actis to Fund $350m Wind-Power Plant in Gulf of Suez
Egypt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with London-based investor Actis LLP to establish a wind-powered electricity plant in the Gulf of Suez at a cost of $350m, The Cairo Post reported. The deal was announced...
European Company to Invest $6b in Iranian Gas and Wind Power
The Iranian government has signed an agreement worth $6 b with an unnamed European company to invest in Iran’s power sector, reported the Tehran Times. Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht made the announ...
Enel Green Power to Expand Business in Morocco
Renewables developer Enel Green Power, the renewable energy arm of Italian utility Enel, is planning to expand business in Morocco, CEO Francesco Venturini said, SeeNews reported . “We have already set foot in the cou...
UN Environment Report Praise Africa’s Share of Renewables
The global shift toward renewable energy is not only continuing apace — it may be picking up speed. Such is the upshot of a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme, finding that worldwide investment i...
