Benban Ra Solar PV Park is a 32MW solar PV power project. It is located in Aswan, Egypt. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in October 2019. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Voltalia.
Benban Ra Solar PV Park is a ground-mounted solar project.
The project generates 68.6GWh electricity thereby offsetting 29,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in October 2019.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Egyptian Electricity Transmission under a power purchase agreement. The power is sold at the rate of $0.071kWh for a period of 25 years, starting from 2017. The contracted capacity is 25MW.
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Contractors involved
Voltalia was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
Suntech Power Holdings was selected as the supplier of the PV modules for the project. The company provided 93,150 modules each with 345W of nameplate capacity.
The inverters were procured from Power Electronics Espana for the project.
Voltalia is the O&M contractor for the solar PV power project.
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About Voltalia
Voltalia SA (Voltalia), a subsidiary of Voltalia Investissement SA, is a producer and service provider of renewable energy. The company generates and distributes renewable electricity using wind, biomass, hydro and solar energies. Its service offerings include project development, project financing, engineering services, procurement and construction. In addition, Voltalia also provides operation and maintenance services such as full asset management service, asset upgrading and revamping, and multi-technology and non intrusive systems. It generates and distributes renewable energy through its plants located in France, Greece and Brazil. The company has presence in Portugal, Brazil, Morocco, Greece, Egypt, Italy, Spain, South Africa, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine, UAE, and the UK. Voltalia is headquartered in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
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