GE Upgrades Kureimat Gas-Fired Power Plant

• Sunday, 26th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

General Electric (GE) has performed an upgrade at the Kureimat combined cycle gas-fired power plant, located in Atfieh, Upper Egypt, which will improve the plant’s output by 7.8%, Power Engineering International infor...

NNPC to Invest $15b in Gas-Based Power Plants

• Tuesday, 21st March 2017
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said late March it plans to invest about $15b to generate as much as 4,000MW in the next 10 years to boost electricity supply in the country, Tribune Online reported....

Japan to Invest in Mozambique’s Energy Sector

• Thursday, 16th March 2017
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Japan-based trading company Sumitomo Corp. is currently planning to sign a contract with a state-run Mozambican power company to construct a gas-fired power plant 700km northeast of Maputo by mid-March, Kikkei Asian R...

GE to Provide Tri-Fuel Turbine to Ghana’s Power Plant

• Wednesday, 15th March 2017
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GE declared mid-March that Amandi Energy Ltd. will operate a 200MW combined-cycle power plant in Aboadze, Ghana. The plant will help to add reliable and efficient capacity to the grid to tackle Ghana’s increasing dema...

Orascom Seeks Consortium for a $8b Coal Plant Bid

• Tuesday, 14th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Orascom Construction is in talks over a consortium to bid on establishing the 6000 MW $8b Hamrawein clean coal power plant, CEO, Osama Bishai said. Bishai named Shanghai Electric, Dongfang Electric, Mitsubishi Hitachi...

Commercial Operations of New Administrative Capital Power Plant to Begin

• Monday, 13th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Siemens is set to begin the commercial operation of two units in the New Administrative Capital power plant with a capacity of 800MW at the end of this month, Daily News reported. Quality control manager at Orascom Co...

Oil Ministry Received EGP 20b in Debts from Electricity Ministry

• Wednesday, 1st March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

An official source at the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity, said that the Ministry has paid EGP 20b of its debt to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in outstanding debts accumulated over several years an...

Egypt and Russia to Sign Nuclear Agreement

• Sunday, 12th February 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

The Russian Ambassador to Cairo, Sergey Kirpichenko said that Russia and Egypt will sign main contracts for construction of Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in 2017, Tass reported. “Negotiations on construction o...

Libya, Greece Signed $380m Power Plant Deal

• Tuesday, 31st January 2017
• by Editorial Team

Greek company METKA has announced that it has concluded an agreement with the General Authority for Electricity and Renewable Energy of Libya (GAEREL) to carry out the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) ...

Iraq, GE Sign $1.4b Power Plant Deal

• Monday, 30th January 2017
• by Editorial Team

In continued efforts of the government of Iraq to meet electricity demands, the Ministry of Electricity inked a $1.4b deal with General Electric (GE) for the construction of two power plants, along with technological ...