Lekela has celebrated the achievement of commercial operation at its 252MW West Bakr Wind farm in Egypt. Three months after commercial operation was achieved, a formal ceremony was attended by Lekela's stakeholders and partners, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and the Deputy Ambassador at the British Embassy in Cairo; in addition to senior government officials from EETC and NREA.Comprising 96 turbines, installed by Siemens Gamesa, West Bakr Wind will produce over 1000 GWh renewable electricity every year and prevent more than 530,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually. On its own, the project increases Egypt’s wind power capacity by 18%.The project is part of the Egyptian government’s Build, Own Operate (BOO) scheme, and was made possible by financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation and the United States’ Development Finance Corporation.The project reached commercial operation in November 2021, having taken less than two years to build from construction works starting on site in February 2020. Since then, West Bakr Wind has begun delivering renewable energy across Egypt, supporting the government in its ambitious aims to generate 20% of Egypt’s electricity from renewable sources by 2022.
Lekela has celebrated the achievement of commercial operation at its 252MW West Bakr Wind farm in Egypt. Three months after commercial operation was achieved, a formal ceremony was attended by Lekela's stakeholders and partners, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and the Deputy Ambassador at the British Embassy in Cairo; in addition to senior government officials from EETC and NREA.Comprising 96 turbines, installed by Siemens Gamesa, West Bakr Wind will produce over 1000 GWh renewable electricity every year and prevent more than 530,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually. On its own, the project increases Egypt’s wind power capacity by 18%.The project is part of the Egyptian government’s Build, Own Operate (BOO) scheme, and was made possible by financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation and the United States’ Development Finance Corporation.The project reached commercial operation in November 2021, having taken less than two years to build from construction works starting on site in February 2020. Since then, West Bakr Wind has begun delivering renewable energy across Egypt, supporting the government in its ambitious aims to generate 20% of Egypt’s electricity from renewable sources by 2022.
