Egypt: World Bank considers loan for Helwan South


Issue 253 - 03 May 2013 | 1 minute read

The World Bank is considering a $585.4m loan for the 1,950MW Helwan South power project, to be built at Helwan, south of Cairo. The $2.4bn project entails construction of a supercritical steam power plant, a 93km pipeline connecting the power plant to the gas transmission network at Dahshur, and a 65km pipeline to take gas from producing fields to the plant.

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