Britain’s National Grid said that it is preparing for a project worth ten million pound in the north west of England to test how to use hydrogen to heat homes and reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emission.

Mohamed Saad El-Din, Chairman of Saad El-Din Group and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Investors Association, announced the implementation of the first phase of the government’s plan to deliver natural gas to housing units through tankers, with a total investment of EGP 150 million.

Disouq Petroleum Company (Petro Disouq), the joint venture (JV) responsible for managing two natural gas fields; South Disouq and Ibn Younis at South Disouq concession, plans to increase natural gas supply to the national grid.

The National Renewable Energy Resources (NREA) prepares to link 1,465 megawatts (MW) solar to the national grid of electricity in October.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity is in talks with Sweden to exchange knowledge and expertise on smart grids.

The country plans to boost the number of linked houses to a total of 10 million households by the end of June 2019.

Egypt linked 29,000 households per week to the national grid during January 2019 and aims to reach 600,000 households by the end of February 2019.

Egypt has connected 9 million households to the national gas grid.

Egypt is planning to link 72,800 households in Qalyubia province to the national gas grid by the end of 2018.

The number of households connected to the national gas grid reached around 8.6 million in April 2018.