By Energy People. Compiled with AI assistance from linked sources.
Financing has been announced for Nefer Benban, a 258.5MWp solar plant with 120MWh of battery storage near Aswan in Egypt. The project belongs to Infinity Power and HAU Energy.
The EBRD-backed package is worth up to $63.5 million, including $7.5 million of concessional Clean Technology Fund financing. DEG is contributing an equal amount towards total debt of up to $127 million.
Project partners confirmed the financing in a statement published on 10 November.
The battery is designed to shift solar output into later demand periods. The financing announcement advances project delivery but does not establish that the plant is operating.
Sources: EBRD financing announcement; project partners’ statement, 10 November 2026; Infinity Power project description.
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Image credit: Illustrative solar-technology file photograph of Amareleja photovoltaic power plant, Moura, Portugal, 4 March 2012; not Nefer Benban. Vitor Oliveira / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; licence and photographer watermark retained.
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