Ducab powers giant wind farm as UAE-Egypt trade ties strengthen

Ducab Group, one of the UAE’s largest manufacturers, is supplying 633km of cable to a new Egyptian wind farm in a move that reinforces the strong industrial partnership between the two countries.

The Gulf of Suez project will play a key role in Egypt’s commitment to generate 42 percent of all electricity from renewable energy by 2035 and save around 600,000 tonnes of CO2 every year.

The 70-turbine farm will cover an area of 57 sq km to make it one of the largest wind power plants in Egypt and will contribute 250MW of renewable energy.

Vestas, an engineering, procurement and construction contractor, has partnered with Ducab to supply the turbines.

The tie-up follows the opening of a new Dubai International Chamber representative office in Cairo which aims to build on the $7.5 billion bilateral trade registered in 2021.

Egypt was Dubai’s second highest trading partner on the African continent in 2021 and ranked 20th globally on the list of Dubai’s trading partners.

The number of Egyptian companies registered as members of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and operating in the emirate amounts to more than 14,700, more than double the number in 2016.