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ACWA Power signs agreement with Central Energy Fund SA. (Image source: ACWA Power)

Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power and Central Energy Fund of South Africa have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a 100MW Redstone concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plant in South Africa?s Northern Cape Province

The 370 GWh of energy that the plant will produce and supply annually to industrial companies is equivalent to a yearly average consumption of a city of 400,000 people and will contribute to the reduction of more than 144,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. (Image source: ACWA Power)

ACWA Power has inaugurated its 120MW Khalladi wind farm in Tangiers, which will supply clean power to a number of large industrial companies, mainly operating in the cement sector in Morocco at competitive prices

The Benban power plant will cover Egypt?s electricity needs and edge the country forward on its path to becoming the region?s energy hub. (Image source: Andreas/Pixabay)

About 1.45 GW of solar energy from power plants at Benban in Aswan Governorate will be linked to Egypt?s national electricity network during Q1 2019, an official source at the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said 

Gurmeet Kaur is the Marketing & Communication Director at MESIA. (Image source: MESIA)

Recent reports are rife with the increasing number of solar projects in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria. Besides, each country is competing with the other to build the biggest solar park in the world. Technical Review Middle East speaks with Gurmeet Kaur, Marketing & Communication Director at Middle East Solar Industry Association (MESIA), to understand if the countries have the support to fulfil their expectations

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