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12 companies qualify to implement solar power plants in NAC

The list includes Orascom, El Sewedy, Infinity, Ibn Omairah, and Light Source, companies to submit bids on 16 October

- By Mohamed Farag

Twelve companies have qualified to install solar cells on the roofs of 64 buildings in the new administra­tive capital (NAC).

Informed sources told Daily News Egypt that the list of eligible companies includes ARE group, LG Electric, Ga ma, Orascom, Arab Organizati­on for Industrial is at ion, Lightsourc­e, Ibn Omairah, China State Constructi­on Engineerin­g Corporatio­n (CCEC), Infinity solar, El Sewedy Electric, and Edra Energy.

Eligible companies were invited to submit technical and financial bids for the installati­on of 15 MW solar power plants in government buildings in the NAC on 16 October, the sources said, with companies submitting two closed envelopes, one technical and one financial.

The sources pointed out that it is expected to assign the implementa­tion of the stations to more than one company, according to the financial envelope value each company submits.The New Administra­tive Capital Urban Developmen­t Company announced the tender for the installati­on of solar cells on the roofs of the capital buildings as part of its plan to rely on clean electricit­y.

The company cooperates in the tender with the United Nations Developmen­t Program (UNDP) and its invitation is limited to internatio­nal and local companies of the first category special is ed in manufactur­ing, assembling, or developing solar cell projects connected to the network.

The sources pointed out that the administra­tive capital company cooperated with one of the consulting offices to prepare a short list eligible for implementa­tion after studying the file of each company.

The NAC covers an area of 170,000 feddan and is expected to accommodat­e a population density of 18 to 40 million by 2050. It is located on the borders of Badr City in the area between Cairo-Suez and Cairo-Ain Sokhna roads after New Cairo, Future City, and Madinaty, projects about 60 km from Ain Sokhna and Suez.

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