Chinese module manufacturer JA Solar has signed a module supply deal with the China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) and AMEA Power to provide panels for the Abydos Phase II solar-plus-storage project in Egypt.
The deal was signed on the opening day of this year’s World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, and covers the largest solar project in Africa, with a solar capacity of 1GW, plus 600MWh of batteries. AMEA Power and CEEC plan to commission the project in two stages – the first 300MW of solar capacity in August 2025 and the remaining capacity in April 2026 – and under the terms of the module supply deal, JA Solar will supply 1.25GW of n-type PV modules for the project.
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The announcement follows the commissioning of the Abydos Phase I solar-plus-storage project, also developed by AMEA Power, last December. The developer signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egypt Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to sell power generated at the project, but no similar offtake agreements have been announced for the second phase of the facility.
Both projects are part of Egypt’s plans to rapidly expand its renewable energy capacity, with prime minister Mostafa Madbouly having announced plans to install 4GW of new clean energy by summer 2025. Collaboration with foreign companies figures to be a key component of this initiative, with AMEA Power and CEEC’s involvement in the country’s solar sector, and French firm Voltalia planning to install 2.5GW of solar and wind capacity.
The news follows the announcement that JA Solar, alongside Jinko Solar, will provide modules for Masdar’s mammoth 5.2GW solar-plus-storage in Abu Dhabi, which Masdar and the Emirates Water and Electricity Company have described as the largest of its type in the world.
