Latest in Tag: electricity Highlight
Latest in Tag: electricity

Cairo, Moscow revive strategic cooperation
Al-Sisi, Putin discuss Syria solution, free industrial zone, nuclear energy
Electricity ministry owes EGAS EGP 53bn for gas deliveries: EGAS Chairman
The Ministry of Electricity demanded a maximum of approximately 149m cubic metres of daily gas to stations during the summer, says Abdel Badie

Cleaner cooking, electricity can improve millions’ lives
By Dr Bjørn Lomborg Nutritious food, clean water and basic healthcare for all may be obvious high-priority targets for the international community, but we shouldn’t ignore energy. Reliable and affordable energy is as vital for today’s developing and emerging economies as it was before the Industrial Revolution. Driven mostly by its five-fold increase in coal …

Important economic decisions in 2014/2015 economic plan
Government decisions not enough, Egypt needs to treat economic crisis by developing comprehensive economic plan, economic analyst

EGP 44bn total debts of Electricity Ministry go to Petroleum Ministry
Finance Ministry pays 50% of monthly electricity bill the Electricity Ministry consumes due to an agreement made between three ministries

EGP 3bn for Ministries of Supply, Transport, and Electricity: Minister of Finance
Finance to be given to enhance efficiency of the electricity distribution network to renewable energy power plants

EGP 120bn investments in communications sector over the next five years: Atef Helmy
We are working to erase obstacles facing investors by amending rules and regulations, says Ministry of Communications and IT

Solar energy production falls by 48%: Baseera
Electricity from solar power totalled 247m KWh in 2012/13, compared to 479m KWh 2011/12

Egypt-Saudi Arabia electricity project tendered before month’s end: Saudi official
Technical specifications for projects required extra time, undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Electricity said

Saudi Arabia allocates $350m to Egypt in 3 agreements
The agreements include two electricity stations in Western Damietta and El-Shabab

Kuwaiti fund to grant Egypt $100m loan for power station
Director General of Kuwait Fund Abdul Wahab Al-Bader scheduled to visit Egypt in coming weeks to sign loan agreement

At least 4 solar power stations to be established for government institutions to work with renewable energy – tenders out for 4 more : Onera chairman Wael El Nashar
Amid Egypt’s energy crisis and worsening power outages, the government has indicated that new and renewable energy could be part of the solution. The Daily News Egypt conducted an interview with Wael El Nashar, board director and chairman of “Onera Systems”, a renewable energy company. Will Onera Systems manufacture solar cells in Egypt instead …

National Bank of Egypt hopes to open 200 new branches within 3 years
EGP 150m total savings for bank clients with platinum certificates

Removal of electricity subsidies to happen over five years: Electricity minister
Government to introduce feed-in tariff for new and renewable energy “within weeks”, planning minister said Monday
Poor technical conditions in power stations worsen due to outages and wasted fuel: EGAS official
Petroleum ministry supplies fuel to electricity worth approximately $72m per day

Electricity loads increase 8% annually, cause outages: Former electricity minister
Ahmed Emam says that fuel supplies to power station annually decrease by 6% besides increasing malfunctions of stations due to maintenance works

Egypt needs $12bn in next 5 years to address electricity crisis: Al-Sisi
Power stations need $700m worth of fuel supplies per year
4 arrested for power station ‘sabotage’ plot
Men reportedly confessed to receiving instructions from the Brotherhood, says state media

Maintenance causes power outage
Minister says people moved very quickly and did the most they could do to control the situation

Daily increase of 100m cubic feet of gas production in Egypt
Deficit in fuel for electricity and gas equivalents now stands at 4m cubic metres daily at the expense of factories

Slum growth, electricity and water shortages are ‘enemies’ to fight: PM
Government counts on Suez Canal, Golden Triangle, and northwestern Sahel projects to reduce unemployment rates

Power crisis threatens industrial sector
Daily reduction of 725m cubic feet of gas at factories; gas supply to EBIC, Alexandria Fertilizers, and Egyptian Fertilizers stopped

Government reduces gas to plants to solve power crisis
590m cubic feet of gas reduction for fertiliser and cement

Electricity ministry aims to attract private sector investment for Inga dam
A connection will be made between the Congolese and Egyptian dam, says undersecretary of electricity ministry
Government to import gas at $17 per million BTUs due to poor domestic gas production
EGAS seeks to encourage foreign partners to produce gas from Egyptian fields, company official said.
Egypt drafting law to protect facilities, criminalises attacks on water and electricity: PM
Government drafts document obliging Toshka development companies to finish within 3 years or face land withdrawal
Egypt concludes foreign fundraising for Assiut power station with $55m OPEC loan
OPEC’s latest loan brings the total amount of fund provided by the international organisation to Egypt to $450m

EETC to offer international tender to implement Saudi Link project
The project will include the creation of a transmission line to transfer gas between the two countries at peak times for each country at a maximum of 3,000 MW.

Another UN school hit after Israel moves to next stage of operation
Israeli military concludes that Israeli soldier suspected to have been captured in Gaza is dead

Gaza death toll exceeds 770, Israel’s tops 35
UN body says a new humanitarian pause is “urgently needed”