Egypt Plans to Increase Electricity Tariffs

• Tuesday, 9th August 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister, Mohamed Shaker, announced that the government is to increase electricity tariffs for both residential and commercial consumption to counter balance the rise in ...

Egypt’s Power Plants’ Gas Consumption Increased

• Tuesday, 9th August 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum announced that the gas usage of power stations has increased to 3.4bcf/d, up from 3.3bcf/d.

Electricity Ministry Launches Awareness Campaign

• Sunday, 12th June 2016
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity is to launch a public awareness campaign that encourages the citizens to become more conscious towards their energy consumption in order to help solve the recent energy crisis tha ...

Electricity Ministry and ECB Developing Renewable Energy Fund

• Tuesday, 8th December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Ministry of Electricity and the Egyptian Central Bank (ECB) are in consultations over the creation of a renewable energy fund to support the foreign currency requirements of alternative energy projects.

Egypt Receives $600m Loan for New Power Plant

• Tuesday, 8th December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Egyptian Government received a $600m loan from the European Investment Bank on December 6th, to build a new power plant in the Beheira governorate, which will add 1800MW to the national grid.

Egypt Signs 24 Agreements with Renewable Companies

• Wednesday, 2nd December 2015
• by Egypt Oil & Gas

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has signed cost-sharing agreements with 24 renewable energy companies, which have qualified for the feed-in tariff program to build solar and wind power plants.