Electricity | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 15
Saudi ACWA Eyes South African Power Project
Saudi-based ACWA Power’s CEO, Paddy Padmanathan, expects to win further business in South Africa this year as the power plant developer rides out concerns about the country’s currency to tap into its need ...
Electricity Ministry Records EGP 88b in Consumers’ Unpaid Bills
Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity declared that the unpaid dues from the household, commercial, and governmental entities, had increased to EGP 88b at the end of May, Daily News Egypt reported. The total late dues from ...
Egypt Adds 3,600MW to National Grid
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated eight power stations, adding more than 3,600 MW to the national electricity grid at a total cost of $2.7b, reported Ahram Online. The projects, several of which... Electricity Ministry Seeks to Achieve 25% Energy Surplus
According to Daily News Egypt, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker, said that the energy sector seeks to achieve an electricity surplus of up to 25% in the coming summer period with high d...
GE Mulls $340m Investment in Egypt in 2016
General Electric (GE) plans to invest $340m in the Egyptian market this year, $200m of which will be directed to establish a multi-modal manufacturing and training facility in Suez, GE President and CEO for North East...
Egypt, France to Sign 11 MoUs in Electricity Sector
The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity will sign 11 memoranda of understanding (MoU) and cooperation agreements with France during French President, François Hollande’s visit to Cairo, according to government sources ci...
French President Visits Cairo to Boost Bilateral Economic Ties
French President, Francois Hollande, arrives to Egypt seeking to boost economic ties between the two countries, Ahram Online reported. The French President is accompanied by a host of diplomats and businessmen tasked ...
South Africa Tests Resilience of its Power System
Eskom, the South African electricity public utility, informed that the resilience of the power system in the country was stress tested following multiple trips of units at three power stations resulting in a loss of 3... 
