埃及电力部门日前透露一项计划，将与2012年-2017年间建设一个价值7亿美元的100MW太阳能发电站。据路透社报道，该举措将使埃及进一步巩固其发展公用事业规模太阳能电站领头羊的地位。
具当地报纸Al-Ahram报道，该项目将位于Kom Ombo，靠近阿斯安水电站。整个项目将由数个国际组织一起投资组建。这些组织包括非洲发展基金组织和世界银行。另外还有望得到联合国清洁发展机制的二氧化碳补偿的主题拨款。
埃及电力部分次部长Aktham Abou el-Ella向路透社透露“该项目是埃及2012-2017年五年计划的一部分，该计划致力将埃及打造成北非最大的光能发电国家之一。”
该电站将是埃及电站中规模仅次于El-Koraymat排名第二大的光伏电站。而El-Koraymat电站有望在今年竣工，该电站由20MW的太阳电站和120MW的天然气电站组成。
Egypt unveils plans for 100 MW solar power plant
The Egyptian electricity ministry has unveiled plans to build a new $700 million 100 megawatt (MW) solar power plant between 2012 and 2017 that should further establish the country as one of the leading developers of utility-scale solar plants, reports Reuters.
The plant will be the nation's second large-scale solar power project. Image: Reuters.
According to reports in the local Al-Ahram newspaper, the solar power project at Kom Ombo, near the Aswan High Dam hydroelectric plant, will be financed by a number of international institutions, including the African Development Fund and the World Bank. Additional finance is also expected to be provided through the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) carbon offsetting scheme.
The project is part of a five-year plan running from 2012-2017 designed to establish Egypt as one of the top generators of solar energy in North Africa, electricity ministry undersecretary Aktham Abou el-Ella told Reuters.
It will be the nation's second large-scale solar power project following the country's first solar plant at El-Koraymat, south of Cairo, which is expected to be finished later this year and will produce 20 MW of solar power alongside 120 MW of conventional natural gas power.
