A Vestas spokesman said the company is “in early stage discussions with the Egyptian authorities on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that could lead to closer collaboration in the future.

“Egypt has a great deal of wind energy potential, and we’re naturally interested in working with the authorities to build on that potential.”

A report in Egypt’s Daily News claimed the wind group and Denmark’s ambassador in Cairo met the country’s power minister to discuss developments it said could cost up to $2.2bn