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Egypt’s power plants’ consumption of natural gas falls by 500m scf per day
Lower temperatures increase production efficiency which in turn reduce consumption of natural gas according to indutry source

Egypt cuts natural gas production by 1bn scf/day after achieving surplus
Local market gas needs fall to 6bn scf, says source

Orascom Construction, Siemens to rebuild 1.6GW power plants in Iraq
Noteworthy, Orascom Construction added 12GW of power capacity as an EPC contractor to Egypt’s national grid in the past four years.

Power plants’ gas consumption to hike to 4.3bn scf/day in August
About 200m scf/day increase due to high temperature, says source

Egypt reconsider its 2030 plan of expansion in building power plants
Stability of energy demand drives the government to relocate some stations

Infinity Solar fully operates its 133MW power plants in Benban
Hesham El Gamal, director of public relations and communications of the company, told Daily News Egypt that the projects they implemented, operated, and linked to the grid include Phoenix, Bseb, and MMID stations.

“We are studying offers from international companies take over power plants”: Prime Minister
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Shaker

Power plants consumption increased to 3.7bncfd due to hot weather
The consumption of power plants from natural gas increased to about 3.7bn cubic feet of gas per day(bncfd), compared to 3.4bn cubic feet during the month of April, due to rising temperatures. A source at Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) told Daily News Egypt that the consumption of gas stations began to increase as …

Site permit issued for Dabaa nuclear plant
The Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) received a site permit for the building of Dabaa nuclear power plant from the Egyptian Nuclear Regulation and Radiological Authority (ENRRA), the head of NPPA announced on Monday. He explained that obtaining the site permit marks a milestone in the Dabaa project licensing process. The site permit came as …

Lekela Power bids to establish 450MW power plants in Egypt
Electricity production in Egypt to increase by 15% after operating Gulf of Suez wind farm, says company’s CEO

EGP 6bn allocated for operation, maintenance of three Siemens power plants
EGP 4bn in savings after stopping renovation programme of production units, states sources

Siemens to operate, maintain 3 power plants with total capacity of 14,400 MW
The company will sign the operation and maintenance contracts by the end of the month, and it will be paid in Egyptian pounds and euros over 8 years

EEHC opens bids for operation, maintenance of new capital, Borollos, Beni Suef power plants
Doosan, Siemens present lowest offers, while 5 other alliances excluded for high costs

Inauguration of Borollos, New Administrative Capital power plants postponed
Al-Sisi to witness operation of Beni Suef, Assiut plants this month

8 coalitions bid for for operation, maintenance of Siemens power plants
List includes Orascom-ADERA, Elsewedy-EDF, Steiaj-PGESCO alliance

Electricity Ministry operates 6,400MW from Siemens power plants
Implementation across the three plants marks 92%

Egypt to add 11 power plants to national grid starting 2018: Mohamed Shaker
The new power projects will add 6,000 jobs, supply 350,000 homes with electricity

Siemens train 5,500 Egyptian technicians and engineers over next four years
Completion of three power plants with 14.4MW capacity in H1 of 2018

Sisi, Merkel will inaugurate Siemens power plants’ first phase
The three plants add 4,800 MW to the electricity grid

EEHC to complete Shabab, West Damietta power plants conversion in H2 of 2017
Establishments are 83% complete; total costs reach EGP 6bn

Electricity Ministry considers reducing fuel oil at power plants to cope with post-flotation financial burden
Liberation of exchange rate hiked burden to EGP 102bn per year

Electricity Holding Company borrows $650m to develop 2 power plants: Minister of Investment
The project comes within the second phase of the electricity emergency plan and increases the generating capacity from 1,500 to 2,250 MW

General Electric carries out $80m maintenance in Koraymat, North Giza power plants
General Electric began maintenance works to raise the efficiency of Koraymat and North Giza power plants at a cost of $80m. The company is maintaining and raising the efficiency of two units in Korayman power plant at a total cost of $70m ($35m each), and is maintaining North Giza power plant at a cost of …

Government postpones execution of $15bn worth of electricity projects
The list includes plants in Dairout, Damanhour, El-Hamrawein, El-Mahmoudeya, Ataqa, and Qena; projects transferred to 2022-2027 Plan due to financial burdens and production surplus, say sources

Siemens to select company for design, construction of turbine plant in Ain Sokhna
In June, Siemens signed agreements worth €8bn for high-efficiency natural gas-fired power plants, wind power installations, says CEO of Siemens Egypt

Power plants’ gas consumption rises to 3.4bn cubic feet a day: Petroleum Ministry
The ministry provides about 30,000 tonnes of fuel oil and 4,000 tonnes of diesel to run the plants

Elsewedy Electric doubles its turnkey project contracts to EGP 21.4bn
The company plans to implement three power plants in Angola this year

Government to secure 18m cubic metres of gas/day for Siemens power plants by year’s end
The three projects require 66m cubic metres of gas per day to run at full capacity in 2018, says EEHC chairperson

EGAS provides 90% of contractual gas to fertiliser plants
Power plants consume 2.8bn cubic feet of gas and 25,000 tonnes of fuel daily, says official

Ongoing technical studies of solar power plant to generate 300 MW: Prime Minister
Canadian-US Sky Power will carry out the project, government commits to facilitating their work in Egypt, said cabinet spokesman