Egypt: 1.3GW Ain Sokhna gas plant inaugurated

The 1.3GW Ain Sokhna steam turbine plant was inaugurated on 6 May with Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and electricity minister Mohamed Shaker in attendance. The total cost of the project – including transmission connection and strengthening, technical assistance and contingencies – is around $2.2bn, comprising $831.3m from the Egyptian government, $600m from the World Bank, $550m from the African Development Bank and $208.5m from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. The first 650MW from the plant began supplying the grid in December 2014.