Africa has rich wind resources and can get much of its needed power from the wind. Egypt — mega and gigaRed Sea Wind Energy (RSWE) is developing its second wind farm in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt near the town of Ras Ghareb. Dwarfing the RSWE wind farm will be the proposed 10,000 MW Masdar mega wind farm. “Vestas will supply and install 64 V150-4.5 MW turbines, 12 V163-4.5 MW turbines and five Enventus V162-6.2 MW turbines. The wind farm is covered by a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) signed between Lake Turkana Wind Power and the state-owned Kenya Power Company.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 24, 2023 20:06 UTC