The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) will be signing an agreement with the Belgian Tractebel Engineering Consultancy Company mid-March in order to evaluate the offers made to establish a coal-fired electricity plant with a capacity of 6,000MW. Gaber El Desouky, head of EEHC, told Daily News Egypt that the consultancy company will handle the evaluation of the technical and financial offers made by seven global companies to establish a coal-fired electricity plant in the area of Hamrawein on the Red Sea coast. The Mitsubishi-Hitachi coalition has offered to launch a coal-fired plant using the same technology in Marsa Matruh with a 4,000MW capacity. Shangahai Electric has made an offer to establish a coal-fired plant in Hamrawein with a 4,640MW capacity and investments worth $7bn. Dongfang has offered to establish a plant operating with clean coal and a capacity of 6,000MW, also in Hamrawein.

Source: Daily News Egypt March 01, 2017 15:45 UTC