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Overview

MOFCOM provides grant for Solar Street Light Project

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•EgyptDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EgyptSector•EnergyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2013
Start (actual)
Feb 1, 2013
End (actual)
Jul 1, 2013

Geospatial footprint

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MOFCOM provides grant for Solar Street Light Project. This project is situated in Kuraymat. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/728385748.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Egypt

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Energy

Private Sector

  • Shenzhen Spike Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (SPARK)

Loan description

MOFCOM provides grant for Solar Street Light Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

According to Shenzhen Spike Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd (SPARK), in February 2013, the Foreign Aid Department of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and the Bureau of Renewable Energy within the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Energy initiated a Solar Street Light Project. With funding from MOFCOM, a contractor named SPARKOE installed 315 sets of 60W solar street lamps. The street lamps measure 8 meters in height and are spaced 30 meters apart. The project was completed in July 2013.

Staff comments

This project is also known as the Egypt Split Type Solar Street Light Aid Project. The Chinese project title is 埃及-分体式太阳能路灯援外项目. It is unclear whether this project took place at or near the Kuraymat Solar Power Station. This issue merits further investigation.