Egypt Considers Taking Over Siemens Power Plants

• Tuesday, 28th May 2019
• by Sarah Samir

Egypt is studying offers from Edra Power Holding Sdn Bhd of Malaysia and Blackstone Group to take over Siemens’ three electricity power plants, Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity, told Bloomberg. The two fi...

Power Plants Consume 26,000 tons of Mazut Daily

• Sunday, 6th August 2017
• by Sarah Samir

Egypt’s electricity-generating power plants consume 26,000 tons of mazut per day in addition to natural gas, reports Amwal Al Ghad. During the summer peak, mazut consumption can exceed 30,000 tons per day, Abed ...

Electricity Plants Increase Gas Consumption

• Tuesday, 1st August 2017
• by Sarah Samir

Natural gas consumption for electricity generation increased to 27 billion cubic feet (cf) per week, Head of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), Osama El Bakly, told Amwal Al Ghad. Power plants were previ...

Egypt to Spend EGP 11b on Power Maintenance

• Thursday, 5th January 2017
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity allocated EGP 11b for operating power plant and running maintenance on production power plants as well as distribution network within the fiscal year 2016/2017, reported Al Borsa. ...

Power Plants Consume 3.7bcf/d of Gas

• Sunday, 4th September 2016
• by Sarah Samir

During the last week of August, gas consumption of electricity power plants in Egypt has recently decreased from 4bcf/d to 3.7cf/d, as temperatures started to decline. A source from the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum ...