RA SOLAR Name of the project: RA Solar Installed capacity: 32 MW Commissioning date: 10/2019 Households powered: 19 000
CO2 emissions avoided (tons): 35 556 tCO2/ano
Jobs provided: 340 jobs provided (200 from local communities)
The RA SOLAR project consisted in the completion of the 25MW solar power plant located in the middle of the Egyptian desert at 50km away from the city of Aswan.
Since the start of the work on site, until the achievement of commercial to operation date of the PV plant, in October 2019, the constructions stage would have lasted approximately ten months. It includes the laying of 300km of mostly underground electrical cables, the installation of more than 1000 solar trackers and nearly 100 000 PV modules spread over 60 000 m2.