Chinese company helps to galvanize Egypt's clean energy development

ASWAN, Egypt, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Amidst the scorching summer heat, a group of Chinese workers are toiling away among rows of neatly aligned solar panels in the Benban Solar Energy Park, working with their Egyptian colleagues to help energize the North African country's vision of becoming a regional clean energy hub.

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ASWAN, Egypt, June 19 (Xinhua) -- Amidst the scorching summer heat, a group of Chinese workers are toiling away among rows of neatly aligned solar panels in the Benban Solar Energy Park, working with their Egyptian colleagues to help energize the North African country's vision of becoming a regional clean energy hub.

Located in the desert of Aswan, a southern province of Egypt, the park covers an area of 37 square km and is planned to have a total installed capacity of two gigawatts.

The solar power plant in the park will help Egypt increase its use of renewable energy and is estimated to help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by cutting two million tons of carbon dioxide annually, the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said in a statement released in April 2024.