Siemens strengthens Egypt’s grid with two new substations in the Delta
Fast-track installation and erection time of less than 15 months. Featuring one of the country’s largest turnkey substations ever supplied. Substations will transmit electricity from the Burullus plant, supplying 15 million Egyptians with electricity. In a new move aimed at improving the resilience of Egypt’s power grid, Siemens today announced the completion of the two […]
Egypt signs $2.3 billion power plant deal with Saudi ACWA Power
Egypt signed a deal with Saudi Arabian utility developer ACWA Power on Thursday to build a $2.3 billion power plant in the country’s south, the Egyptian electricity minister said. The plant, which will have a capacity of 2,250 megawatts (MW), will be built in Luxor province, the minister, Mohamed Shaker, told a news conference. He […]
Egypt-Sudan electricity link to start by year end with 100 MW capacity
The project’s first phase are progressing well, as about 91% of drilling work is completed. Egypt is to start operating the electricity link with Sudan with a capacity of 100 megawatts (MW), by the end of this year. Government sources told Daily News Egypt that the implementation rates of the project’s first phase are progressing […]
Egypt to build world’s biggest, most advanced clean-coal power plant
As ports go, even sailors could struggle to find Hamrawein on the map. This town on the Red Sea, 600 kilometres south-east of Cairo is dwarfed by other harbours on the route to Suez, but all that will change over the next six years as Egypt builds the world’s largest clean-coal plant. A Chinese conglomerate […]
IRENA: Egypt can generate over 50% of its electricity with renewable energy
IRENA’s new ‘Egypt Renewable Energy Outlook’ report shows renewables could present cost savings of USD 900 million annually. Egypt has the potential to generate up to 53 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The Egypt Renewable Energy Outlook report, released at a high-level conference in Cairo […]
Rosatom to train 2,000 Egyptian technicians for Dabaa nuclear plant
Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom will train 2,000 Egyptian technicians to work on operating and maintaining Egypt’s first nuclear power plant (NPP) , Vice president of Rosatom Sosnin Gregory told Ria Novosti news agency on Friday. The negotiations are being held in Egypt in the framework of a joint Egyptian-Russian group working on organizing the process […]
Location, infrastructure to turn Egypt into regional energy hub – Xinhua
News Analysis: Strategic location, improved infrastructure to turn Egypt into regional energy hub. With Egypt’s strategic location and improved infrastructure, the North African country is becoming a regional hub for energy trade, said experts. “Egypt has all the conditions needed to turn into a regional hub for energy trade. It has a very unique location […]
Egypt signs $352 million deal with Siemens to manage 3 power stations
Egypt on Thursday signed a $352 million contract with Siemens AG and Siemens Technologie to manage three gigantic new power plants built to plug a gap in Egypt’s electricity needs, state news agency MENA reported. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi opened the power stations in July, which were built by Siemens at a total cost […]
President Sisi inaugurates three Siemens power plants
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi arrived Tuesday in the New Administrative Capital to inaugurate four national megaprojects in the electricity sector. The projects include three giant power plants carried out by the German company, Siemens, in the New Administrative Capital, Beni Suef, and Burullus with a total capacity of 14400 megawatts, or about 50 percent of […]
Egypt raises natural gas prices by up to 75 percent
Egypt has raised natural gas prices for households and businesses by between 33.3 and 75 percent. Saturday’s decision, published in the official gazette, should come into effect starting August. Gas consumption of up to 30 cubic meters was raised by 75 percent, 30-60 cubic meter gas consumption by 42.8 percent and consumption of over 60 […]
