# South Helwan supercritical power plant completed in Egypt

The 1.95GW South Helwan supercritical power plant in Helwan, Egypt, was completed in July 2020 with the performance test of Unit 3. The $2.4 billion project was developed by Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company and created approximately 4,000 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-07-01
- Where: Helwan, Egypt
- Value: $2.40B
- Jobs: 4,000
- Starts operating: Jul 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 1.95 GW
- Products: electricity
- Sectors: [Power Generation Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/power-generation-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company](https://endata.com/companies/20643.md)
- [Egyptian Electricity Holding Company](https://endata.com/companies/21503.md) (investor)
- [AC Boilers](https://endata.com/companies/39966.md) (partner)
- [EGYPTROL](https://endata.com/companies/59015.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [world-energy.org](https://www.world-energy.org/article/21172.html), 2021-11-16: "In May 2020, AC Boilers, the boiler supplier, completed the reliability run test on Unit 3."

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