Shadwan Wind IPP (IFC-53426)

Countries
  • Egypt
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
A
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Oct 30, 2026
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Egypt Electricity Transmission Company
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Construction
  • Energy
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 100.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 700.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ IFC website

Updated in EWS Oct 8, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Aug 28, 2026

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

 

According to bank provided information, the Project involves the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a 900MW greenfield wind power plant under the terms of a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with the Egypt Electricity Transmission Company, fully guaranteed by Egypt’s Ministry of Finance.     

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Total Project cost is estimated to be up to US$700 million. IFC will provide up to US$100 million  as well

as risk management products (interest rate swap and cross-currency swap) from its own account. The remaining debt of up to US$560 million will be provided by a mix of parallel Lenders.

Private Actors Description
A Private Actor is a non-governmental body or entity that is the borrower or client of a development project, which can include corporations, private equity and banks. This describes the private actors and their roles in relation to the project, when private actor information is disclosed or has been further researched.

The Project will be implemented by Shadwan Wind Power SAE (the Borrower), an Egypt incorporated special purpose vehicle ultimately owned by Scatec ASA (the Sponsor).

Private Actor 1 Private Actor 1 Role Private Actor 1 Sector Relation Private Actor 2 Private Actor 2 Role Private Actor 2 Sector
- - - - Scatec ASA Parent Company Energy

Contact Information
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Shadwan Wind Power S.A.E
Ms. Samar Sherif
E&S Advisor
+201098473459
samar.sherif@scatec.com
Scatec Egypt Office:Building 44, Northern 90 Street, 5th Settlement, New Cairo
https://www.scatec.com/en/

 

Local Access of Project Documentation

Shadwan Wind Power S.A.E

Ms. Samar Sherif

E&S Advisor            

Scatec Egypt Office:

Building 44, Northern 90 Street, 5th Settlement, New Cairo, Egypt         

https://www.scatec.com/    

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF IFC/MIGA

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