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Thursday, 27 October 2022

Egypt’s Infinity has its sight set on new wind and EV projects

Egypt-headquartered renewables giant Infinity Power eyes USD 300 mn wind farm: Infinity Power, a JV between Egypt’s Infinity and UAE’s Masdar, has its sights set on developing a 200 MW wind farm in the Gulf of Suez, head of wind energy at Infinity Egypt Omar Nagi told Enterprise Climate at a workshop yesterday. The project could cost as much as USD 300 mn to build. Al Mal also has the story.

It’s also going deeper into EV territory: Infinity EV is looking to invest EGP 80 mn (c.USD 4 mn) in EV charging stations in the coming year, Managing Director Shams Abdel Ghaffar told Enterprise Climate. The company is planning to up the number of its charging stations to 300 from 115 2024, and increase charging points to 1k from 440 in commercial and residential areas, as well as gas stations, he added. Infinity EV also has regional expansion plans including Jordan and two other countries, which Abdel Ghaffar did not name.

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