Electricity Ministry Mulls Shelving Coal Energy Projects

• Monday, 4th November 2019
• by Editorial Team

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy is considering suspending the implementation of coal energy projects, which would have had a total capacity of 9,250 megawatts (MW), with investments of nearly...

Prepaid Electricity Meters to Reach 10 MM by Mid-2020

• Tuesday, 9th July 2019
• by Editorial Team

The electricity sector plans to increase the number of prepaid electric meters to reach 10 million meters by mid-2020, according to a source in the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Amwal Al-Ghad reported....

South Delta Launched Solar Tender

• Monday, 31st October 2016
• by Sarah Samir

South Delta Electricity Distribution Company launched a solar tender to construct 11 rooftop solar power plants. The company’s CEO, Mohamed Asal, stated that the projects will have a capacity of 190KW and will u...

Egypt to Make EETC Independent

• Monday, 17th October 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity contracted EBS International to work on separating the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to operate independently from the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, repo...

Egypt to Generate 15MW of Solar Power from Rooftops

• Wednesday, 28th September 2016
• by Sarah Samir

Sources with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity stated that power distribution companies have received about 200 requests for small solar projects implemented on building roof tops, with a total production capacity ...

Egypt to Meet with Investors for FiT Projects

• Wednesday, 21st September 2016
• by Sarah Samir

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity will hold a meeting with international financial institutions to discuss possible ways of funding renewable energy projects in phase II of the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) program, reporte...