power | Egypt Oil & Gas - Part 5
Egypt Launches Tenders for 500MW of Renewable Energy Projects
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) and the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) have announced three new tenders for renewable energy totaling 500MW, reported PV Tech. The tenders are for both s...
Egypt Sees Highest Electricity Usage Ever
The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy announced that it observed electricity consumption of over 29,000MW, the highest ever recorded, reported Amwalalghad. According to the ministry, authorities did not pla...
Spanish Giant Abengoa to Sell Assets, Free up Cash
The Spanish firm Abengoa, a major multinational company with concentrated interests in biofuels, solar, and other renewable technologies, is in the process of selling hard assets in a bid to free up cash, Reuters repo...
US President to Unveil New Pollution Bill Monday
US President Barack Obama will release on Monday a final version of the Clean Power Plan in what he calls the nation’s most important step to combat climate change. The administration has been working with states and ...
EGAS to Provide More Gas for Power Generation
Various areas have witnessed power outages over the last few days, despite the 1,200 MW surplus in electricity production, and the pumping of approximately 133m cubic metres of gas and oil equivalent daily by the Egyp...
Italian Green Power Firm Looking Abroad for Projects, Partnering with Eni
Power grid company Terna is looking to develop new business outside Italy by working with oil major Eni and renewable energy group Enel Green Power on power line projects in places like Latin America and Africa. Terna...
Ethiopia Introduces Wind Power
The wind blows hard over Adama, a range of rocky hills in Ethiopia’s highlands that provide the perfect location for one of the continent’s largest wind farms. Â “In February, during the dry season, i...
Solar Power Looking to Outpace Shale in the United States
Move over shale. The sun is now the fastest growing source of U.S. electricity. Solar power capacity in the U.S. has jumped 20-fold since 2008 as companies including Apple Inc. use it to reduce their carbon footprint....
