Egypt is “entering the world of solar
energy” after it inaugurated the largest solar power plant in the world
early this year, RT reported on Friday.
Reporting the remarks of Egyptian official Hassan Abaza, RT said that
the superpower plant was built in the city of Aswan, southern Egypt. It
began supplying the national grid last December.
Abaza reiterated that this is the largest solar power plant in the
world, noting that his country is heading towards more investment in
this kind of power as part of its plans for sustainable development. He
also said that solar power energy is better than oil because it is
renewable, stressing that the “green economy” is a mechanism to achieve
sustainable development.
In the long term, it is thought that green and renewable investment is much cheaper than the traditional power sources.
The plant consists of 200,000 solar panels and 780 sun trackers which
allow the panels to move and face the sun throughout the day. It
generates up to 1.8 gigawatts of power, which is enough to service
20,000 households.
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