Abydos For Renewable Energy
Gold Standard · GS23510 · Egypt
About this project
Located in Benban, within the Aswan Governorate, AMEA Power is developing a 1,000MW solar PV power plant integrated with a 600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). AMEA Power will build, own and operate the project, following the signing of Power Purchase Agreements with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), and land agreements with the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA).
The record
- Project ID
- GS23510
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Solar - Centralized · Renewable Energy
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- —
- Developer
- AMEA Power Ltd · 6 projects
- Country
- Egypt
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2026-06-30 to 2030-12-29
- Estimated yearly credits
- 1,500,000
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Listed (In the pipeline)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2026-06-30 to 2030-12-29
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Egypt as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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