Feed-in tariff for wind and solar PV projects

Country / jurisdiction: Egypt · Year: 2014 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

In September 2014 the Ministry of Electricity & Energy and the Regulatory Agency launched feed-in tariff support system for solar PV and wind projects with capacity less than 50 MW.

The goal of the FIT programme is to boost renewable energy production in Egypt and to reach 2300 MW of PV capacity and 2000 MW of wind capacity.

Feed-in tariff prices for PV systems

Capacity

Source of finance

Duration of the support

Feed-in tariff levels in Pt/kWh

Less than 200 kW

Self-finance OR soft loan from the Ministry of Finance (4% interest rate)

25 years

84.8

Self-finance WITH soft term from Ministry of Finance (4% interest rate)

90.1

200 kW – 500 kW

Local finance with local currency WITH soft terms from the Ministry of Finance (8% interest rate)

97.3

500 kW – 20 MW

Foreign finance

97.3 (or equivalent of USDcent 13.6)

20 MW – 50 MW

Foreign finance

102.5 (or equivalent of USDcent 14.34)

Feed-in tariff prices for wind projects

No. of operational hours

1 st phase price (5 years)

2 nd phase prices (15 years)

Overall duration of the support

USDcent/kWh

Pt/kWh

USDcent/kWh

Pt/kWh

2500

11.48

82.08

11.48

82.08

20 years

2600

10.56

75.53

2700

9.71

69.46

2800

8.93

63.83

2900

8.19

58.68

3000

7.51

53.68

3100

9.57

68.4

8.93

63.82

3200

8.33

59.53

3300

7.76

55.49

3400

7.23

51.70

3500

6.73

48.12

3600

6.26

44.73

3700

5.81

41.54

3800

5.39

38.51

4000

4.60

32.90

Recipients of the feed-in tariff support are also eligible to profit from the renewable tax incentive provided by the government of Egypt.

Under the framework, long-term leases of state-owned land will be provided to private investors charged at 2% of the electricity produced.

Official source: http://egyptera.org/Downloads/taka%20gdida/Download%20Renewable%20Energy%20Feed-in%20Tariff%20Regulations.pdf