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Latest in Tag: electricity

Military Production Ministry to cooperate with Samsung to manufacture solar panels
The agreement aims to establish a solar panel factory at Benha with an annual capacity of 200MW

Electricity Ministry abolishes direct contracting scheme for production projects
Resolution does not include Al-Nowais coal plant, Siemens wind farm

Government considers applying new electricity tariff in July
Action takes into consideration low-income citizens, sources at the Ministry of Electricity say

Schneider Electric aims to change Egypt’s electricity system
Egypt is witnessing a great development at the moment, specifically in the creation of the New Administrative Capital, says Walid Sheta

5 companies win tender to supply 250,000 smart electricity metres
List includes Huawei, ZTE, and Elsewedy Â

EETC contracts with EGEMAC to supply two transmission stations worth EGP 350m
The planned projects to be launched in Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada, and they are scheduled to be completed within 12 months, Ramadan says

XD-Egemac implements 80% of electricity transformer stations in Banban
The company received EGP 447m and projects are to be operational within 60 days: Source

EGP 700m cleaning fees in electricity bills in 2016
Distribution companies obtain a 5% commission from the collection ratesÂ

Siemens connects 4,800 MW to national electricity grid
An important addition to the government’s strategy to achieve efficiency in the energy system, says Shaker

Investments of EGP 29bn in electricity transmission projects to strengthen electricity grid
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker held a meeting with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to receive the latest updates regarding the executive position of the projects that aim to strengthen the performance of the electricity grid to be able to absorb the added capacities of the new power plants being installed …

Ataqa power plant production falls by 200 MW after development
$25m allocated for the rehabilitation of production units, restarting them after four years of hiatus

Tender envelopes in Egypt-Saudi Arabia electricity project to be opened in March
High-level Saudi delegation to visit Cairo next month to review tender controls

Maintenance allocations for North Delta Electricity Distribution Company increase to EGP 250m
The average collection of bills is EGP 300m a month, says El-Shafei

Gheit El-Enab sells electricity to government for EGP 21,000 a month
Infinity Solar Systems established two solar power plants at a cost of EGP 1m

31 companies participate in 2nd phase of feed-in tariff projects with $3bn investments
1,845 megawatts targeted to be produced through solar and wind plants in Aswan and Gulf of Suez

Elsewedy Electric, NCC win Upper Egypt electricity tender
Elsewedy Electric and the National Contracting Company (NCC) won a tender to implement three electricity lines in Upper Egypt extending from Samalout to Naga Hammadi at a cost of EGP 4.187bn. A source at the Ministry of Electricity told Daily News Egypt that the companies presented the best financial bids. Elsewedy Electric is set to …

EGP 3.7bn in electricity consumption bills collected in December
Distribution companies collected EGP 3.7bn; EGP 1.6bn in arrears owed by government bodiesÂ

The illusion of subsidising—Part II
I have many friends who once belonged to the middle class. They did not need state subsidies because they were able to live and afford education, healthcare, transportation, etc. for their children. However, the government’s decisions came against the wish of the people. Those friends turned from belonging to a “saving” class into classes that …

Electricity Ministry to announce winners of smart metres tender by end of January
The Ministry of Electricity is set to announce the companies that have won the tender to supply 250,000 smart metres by the end of January. El-Husseiny El-Far, a member of the electricity companies’ distribution affairs department in the Electricity Ministry, told Daily News Egypt that the financial envelopes of seven companies have been opened and …

Electricity Ministry returns letters of guarantee from 10 companies
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company refunded EGP 97.9m, and the New and Renewable Energy Authority paid EGP 1.6m

Siemens to add 800 MW of electricity to national grid within 10 days
German company Siemens is set to add 800 MW of electricity to the national grid through the Borollos and New Administrative Capital power plants within 10 days. A source at the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) said that Siemens is running the tests for the production units of the New Administrative Capital plant to produce …

Ministry of Electricity begins maintenance of production plants in preparation for next summer
General Electric, Siemens, Hitachi, and Mitsubishi are the most prominent companies executing the maintenance

Siemens to increase capacity of national electricity grid by 3,200 MW within days
Siemens says they will deliver on their contract three months early

Electricity Ministry contracts with 4 companies to supply 1m pre-paid electricity metres
El Sewedy Electrometer, Iskraemeco, Globaltronics, and Maasara begin the procedures to supply the metres next week

EETC contracts with EPS to prepare reports on establishing Benban transformer stations
KEC to establish overhead electricity transmission lines for EGP 622m

EEHC establishes 4 production companies with capital of EGP 180bn
The four companies to be put up for subscription next year

NSPO subsidiary to complete evaluation of smart meter offers by December
Egyptian Electricity Holding Co. examined offers from nine companies, NSPO will decide on the better financial offer, sources say

Electricity Ministry to repay EGP 800m for fuel to Petroleum Ministry next week
The government raised prices of imported fuel for power plants to EGP 2,500 per tonne, while natural gas reached $3 per million BTUs

5 companies to submit offers for launch of Hamrawein coal plant in March: Electricity Minister
EGP 33bn allocated for the expansion of the national electricity grid over the next two years

Egypt-Saudi Arabia electricity interconnection project to run in Q1 of 2019: Shaker
Electricity subsidy allocations increased EGP 6bn after pound’s floatation, says minister of electricity