The development objective of the Wind Power Development Project is to develop infrastructure and business models for scaling-up wind power in Egypt. There are three components to the project. Component A: transmission infrastructure. This component involves several sub-components that together contribute to the full transmission infrastructure development and brings together financing from International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/ Clean Technology Fund (CTF), European donors led by European Investment Bank, but including Agence Francaise de Developpment (AfD)/Neighborhood Investment Funds (NIF) and Kreditanstalt flir Wiederaufbau (kfW)/NIF. Component B - technical assistance to support the expansion of Egypt's wind generation program. Component C- Gulf of Suez 250 MW Build, Own, Operate (BOO) project: this component will involve development and construction of a 250 MW wind farm in Gulf of Suez by a private sector operator under a BOO approach.

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