Ukraine war could accelerate plans to link Egypt’s electricity grid to Greece
Plans to link our electricity grid with Greece could move faster after the shunning of Russian fossil fuels: The Greek developer of a proposed direct link between the electricity grids of Egypt and Greece expects the EU to accelerate the project as the bloc looks to transition away from Russian fossil fuels, Bloomberg reports. Renewable energy player Elica — a […]
Egypt, Greece TSO chiefs meet to discuss EuroAfrica Interconnector
Chiefs of the Greek and Egyptian transmission system operators (TSOs) have come together to discuss the EuroAfrica Interconnector that will connect the two countries. Manos Manousakis, chairman and CEO of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO), and Sabah Mashaly, chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), held a working meeting at IPTO headquarters on […]
Egypt, Greece sign deal for first subsea power link between Europe and Africa
Greece and Egypt on Thursday clinched an agreement that sets the stage for an undersea cable that will transmit power produced by renewables from North Africa to Europe, the first such infrastructure in the Mediterranean. Greek Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas and his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Shaker, signed a memorandum of understanding for the project at […]
Egypt, Greece discuss EuroAfrica electricity grids interconnector
Greece and Egypt to connect electricity grids: The plans for a Greek-Egyptian electricity interconnection were discussed during meetings held by Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas in Cairo with his Egyptian counterparts. Specifically, Skrekas met with Egyptian Minister of Environment, Yasmine Fouad, the Minister of Electricity and RES, Mohamed Shaker, and the Minister of Petroleum […]
Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum to come into effect March 1st
The Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum will come into force on 1 March, the foreign ministers of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus announced in a joint statement last week. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional forum in Greece, the three ministers said that the organization’s charter, signed in September, will be activated next month and officially […]
Egypt in talks with investors, traders to develop EuroAfrica electricity link
SFE in talks with investors, energy traders to develop EuroAfrica electricity link: The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) has opened talks with European infrastructure investors and energy traders to join it in investing in the EuroAfrica transmission link and import electricity from Egypt, CEO Ayman Soliman tells Bloomberg. Egypt signed on to the USD 4 […]
Egypt, Greece sign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone demarcation agreement
Egypt and Greece sign agreement on Exclusive Economic Zone. Egypt and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday designating an exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean between the two countries, an area containing promising oil and gas reserves, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. Shoukry made the announcement at a joint press conference with his […]
Egypt, Cyprus, Greece to establish an East Mediterranean Gas Forum
The leaders of Egypt, Greece, and Cyprus agreed yesterday to establish an East Mediterranean Gas Forum, Ittihadiya said. The forum — which will be headquartered in Cairo — will include among its members all countries that produce and import EastMed gas and work to closely coordinate the region’s policies on gas exploration and management to […]
Agreement signed to link Egypt, Cyprus, Greece via subsea power cable
Cyprus and Egypt have agreed on the route of a 1,707-kilometre sub-sea power cable that will link the grids of the two countries to that of Greece, EuroAfrica Interconnector, the company behind the project said. The cable, named after the company, “will connect the electricity grids of Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece with Europe has entered […]
Mediterranean Upstream & Midstream Summit: Oil & Gas Giants meet in Athens for first time
IN-VR Oil & Gas is pleased to announce the Official Mediterranean Upstream & Midstream Petroleum Summit, 7-8 May 2018 taking place in Athens, Greece from 7th to 8th May 2018. For the first time ever the CEO of Egypt Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the President of Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA), the President of the Hellenic […]
