ENGIE to expand Red Sea Wind Energy facility in Egypt

CAIRO, January 13, 2025 – French low-carbon energy company ENGIE will add 150 MW of capacity to its flagship Red Sea Wind Energy project, currently under construction in Ras Ghareb, Egypt, ENGIE announced on Friday.

Total capacity following the expansion will reach 650 MW. The project is slated to be the largest wind farm in Africa and is being developed by ENGIE together with Cairo-based EPC company Orascom Construction (25%), Toyota’s international trading arm Toyota Tsusho Corporation (20%) and Japanese wind and solar operator Eurus Energy (20%).

As part of the expansion, the consortium has secured an additional long-term power purchase agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for the 150-MW extension. The extended agreement secures revenues for the entire 650 MW of the farm for 25 years.

“We are committed to replicating the same level of operational excellence for Red Sea Wind Energy’s expansion, relying on our Egyptian partners and the consortium’s operational excellence. Once completed in 2025, Red Sea Wind Energy will be one of the largest onshore wind facilities in ENGIE’s global portfolio and will significantly contribute to the Egyptian government’s ambitions to transition to a low-carbon economy,” said Paulo Almirante, ENGIE’s senior executive vice-president of Renewables & Energy Management

306 MW of Red Sea Wind Energy’s capacity are already connected to Egypt’s national grid, with the full commissioning of the facility expected in Q3 2025. Red Sea Wind Energy is the consortium’s second project in Ras Ghareb. It follows a 262.5-MW wind farm that went into operation in October 2019.

Egypt aims to produce 42% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1.3 million tonnes per year.

Photo courtesy of ENGIE.

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