The €250m ($337.8m) Kuraymat installation is the first in a pipeline of similar integrated-solar-combined-cycle (ISCC) projects being pursued by the Egyptian government, using a hybrid of solar-thermal and gas-fired combined cycle technologies.

Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority – a division of its electricity ministry – is building the project 100km south of Cairo. Egypt is tailor made for solar-thermal projects, thanks to its vast swathes of flat and thinly populated desert, its relatively modern grid infrastructure, and its reliable supply of water from the Nile River and Red Sea.

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