What is Jabal al-Zeit wind farm?
[[File:Gabal El-Zayt Wind farm.png|300px|thumb|Jabal el-Zeit wind farm]] '''The wind farm of Jabal Al-Zait''' is a power plant which produces [[electricity]] by wind energy. The wind farm is located in [[Jabal al-Zeit]] after [[Ras Gharib]] in the [[Red Sea Governorate]]. The plant area is 100 [[square kilometres]], with 300 wind turbines. The construction project of the plant started in [[2015]]. The cost of the Jabal Al-Zayt farm reached about 12 billion [[Egyptian pounds]]. The farm was established with the objectives of increasing the amount of clean energy in the Egyptian national network and reducing the consumption of [[fossil fuel]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.evwind.es/2018/07/23/middle-easts-largest-wind-farm-in-jabal-al-zeit/64021|title=Middle East’s largest wind farm in Jabal al-Zeit, Egypt - REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnership/?p=29586|title=Gabel El Zeit Wind farm complex (Ensuring access to affordable, reliable and modern energy for all) - United Nations Partnerships for SDGs platform|website=sustainabledevelopment.un.org}}</ref> The [[European Union]] has provided a 30 million Euro grant to the project which costs a total of 340 million Euros. Several European donors, including the [[:en:KfW|German Development Bank]], have also contributed to this ambitious project on the shores of the Red Sea, with the aim of generating clean energy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Egyptian winds, a clean energy source {{!}} EU Neighbours|url=https://www.euneighbours.eu/en/south/eu-in-action/stories/egyptian-winds-clean-energy-source|access-date=2021-11-14|website=www.euneighbours.eu|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Wind Farm Gulf of el Zayt|url=https://www.eib.org/de/projects/pipelines/all/20070089|access-date=2021-11-14|website=www.eib.org}}</ref> In total, the Gabal El-Zayt project generates 580 MW, each turbine producing 2000 kilos of electricity, compared to 850 kilos per turbine at [[Zafarana win