Egypt has awarded a $560 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for one of its largest solar and battery storage projects, underscoring the country’s growing appeal to global renewable energy investors as Africa’s clean energy transition gathers pace.
The contract was awarded to Hassan Allam Construction and India’s Sterling and Wilson Renewable Energy through their 50-50 joint venture for the West Minya Solar Power Project in Egypt’s Minya Governorate.
The project will combine 1,000 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic generation with a 600-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS), making it one of Egypt’s largest utility-scale solar-plus-storage developments once completed.
The joint venture will undertake the full engineering, procurement and construction of the project, including the solar power plant, battery storage facilities, transmission infrastructure, grid interconnection and associated balance-of-plant works.
The project forms part of the Nefer Menya renewable energy initiative in Egypt’s western desert. It is majority-owned by Infinity Power Holding, while HAU Energy, a platform jointly backed by Hassan Allam Utilities, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and French infrastructure investor Meridiam, holds the remaining stake.
