Mumbai, June 30 -- The joint venture has been awarded the contract for the West Minya solar power project in Egypt's Minya Governorate. The project comprises a 1,000 MWac solar photovoltaic (PV) plant integrated with a 600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The contract is valued at approximately $560 million

The joint venture will be responsible for the full engineering, procurement, and construction of the solar power plant, including the installation of photovoltaic generation facilities, battery energy storage infrastructure, grid interconnection works, transmission facilities, and all associated balance-of-plant and supporting systems required for project delivery.

Chandra Kishore Thakur, Global CEO, Sterling and Wilson Rene...