Ahead of COP27, TAQA Arabia Launches the Largest Solar Power Plant in Sharm El-Sheikh

Ahead of COP27, TAQA Arabia Launches the Largest Solar Power Plant in Sharm El-Sheikh

Cairo: In line Egypt’s strategy towards expanding the use of clean energy, TAQA Power – a subsidiary of TAQA Arabia, the full-service energy and utility provider in Egypt, announced the commissioning of the largest solar power plant in Sharm El-Sheikh build on an area of 250,000 sqm and with a production capacity exceeding 42 GWh / year. This comes in line with the state’s support represented by the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, the Governorate of South Sinai’s for energy projects developed by the private sector.

On this occasion, Executive Chairman of TAQA Arabia, Eng. Khaled Abu Bakr, stated: "For more than 25 years, TAQA Arabia has been a distinguished national operator and one stop shop for all energy needs. The company has always been a first mover and is the first national company to commercially operate its plot in the massive project of Benban. This has had a vital economic outcome and contributed significantly to strengthening Egypt’s steps towards the transition to clean energy.

Today, as Egypt assumes the incoming Presidency of COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, TAQA Arabia is launching the largest clean energy solar plant in Sharm el-Sheikh, with a total capacity of 20 MW. On this exceptional