The largest solar park in Africa

Currently, the largest solar park in Africa, Benban Solar Park, has an impressive capacity of 1.8GW. The park comprises 41 solar power plants located across 37km2 in Benban, Egypt. Benban Solar Park was announced as part of Egypt’s Nubian Suns Renewable Feed-in Tariff (FiT) programme. This programme was developed as part of the Egyptian government’s goal to produce 20% of electricity from renewable sources by 2022. State-owned organisation New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) oversaw the project which is predicted to cost $4bn.