KarmSolar, first Egyptian company to get license for off-grid solar power plant

Solar energy startup KarmSolar has become the first in Egypt to be officially allowed to sell electricity from a major off-grid solar power plant.

The license, for a 1 megawatt (MW) installation at a dairy farm owned by a subsidiary of dairy foods company Juhayna, was approved by the Egyptian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Egypt ERA) and is specifically for KarmPower, a subsidiary of KarmSolar.

It is expected to be operational by April 2016.

“This is the first license issued by ERA to a private Egyptian company selling power from a solar station to a private consumer away from the national grid (off grid),” the company said in a statement last night.

In Egypt such a license is required in order to sell electricity generated by any means, be it gas, coal or renewables.

Original article by Lucy Knight

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KarmSolar, first Egyptian company to get license for off-grid solar power plant