AOI, Madkour to install 20 MW of solar at military complex in Egypt - report

Engineering, procurement and construction company Madkour Group and the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) have won a contract to install 20 MW of solar panels at the military complex in Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC), Daily News Egypt reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

According to the sources, their rivals for the project were El Sewedy Electric Co SAE, an energy products manufacturer affiliated to the Ministry of Military Production, and information technology and services company Arab International Optronics.

An official letter is to be sent to the winning consortium in the next days, the sources told Daily News Egypt. The consortium is due to complete the project within six months from the date the contract is awarded. The solar systems are expected to be operational by June 30.

As part of the project, there will be ten 1.6-MW solar installations, four 250 kW systems and a number of smaller arrays within the complex.

Egypt's NAC is being built near Badr City, east of Cairo.

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