Egypt FiT Round 2: Will it be bankable?

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Middle East & Africa

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

Developers under Egypt’s FiT Round 2 programme are racing to secure international debt for solar power tenders by the end of the April. With revisions to key issues that prevented DFIs lending in Round 1, and a feasible ECA-backed template from Infinity 50, can Round 2 deliver where Round 1 did not?

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