Red Sea wind plan reaches financial close

Red Sea wind plan reaches financial close

The Red Sea Wind Energy project in Egypt has reached financial close, project partners have said.

The $680 million project involves a 500 MW onshore wind farm in the Gulf of Suez area.

Engie, Orascom Construction, Toyota Tsusho and Eurus Energy are backing the project. Eurus is a subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho. Partners have said the plan would be the largest private wind farm in Africa. It will sell power to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co. (EETC) over a period of 25 years.