Benban plant, one of the world’s largest solar parks, has been opened near southern Egyptian city of Aswan. Benban has brought down the price of solar energy and it has also given an economic boost to southern Egypt.(1) Earlier this year, Wold Bank announced that the Benban solar project won the best project prize worldwide (2).

References:

1) “Giant solar park in the desert jump starts Egypt’s renewables push” Reuters 17.12.2019:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-solar/giant-solar-park-in-the-desert-jump-starts-egypts-renewables-push-idUSKBN1YL1WS

2) “Egypt’s Benban solar project wins best project prize worldwide: World Bank” Egypt Independent 21.3.2019

https://egyptindependent.com/egypts-benban-solar-project-wins-best-project-prize-worldwide-world-bank/