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Engie, the French energy group, in collaboration with Orascom Construction, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, and Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation, is expanding the Red Sea wind project in Egypt from 500 MW to 650 MW. Situated along the Gulf of Suez in Ras Ghareb, this wind farm is already making
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