VOL. XLI

No. 27

6-July-1998

EGYPT

Egypt To Invite Bids For Three More BOOT Power Plants

Egyptian Electricity Minister Mahir Abaza on 30 June said that Egypt will inviteprivate sector companies to bid for contracts to construct three power plants in Sinaiunder the build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) scheme. The plants, each with a capacity of650 MW, will be located at Sharm al-Shaikh at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula,Uyun Musa on the northeast coast of the Gulf of Suez and al-Arish on...