CAIRO - 27 December 2021: Egypt’s electricity sector succeeded in transforming the electrical capacity deficit from 6,000 megawatts in 2014 to a surplus of 13,000 megawatts in 2020, after adding about 28,000 megawatts of electrical capacity, equivalent to 13 times the capacity of the High Dam. As a result, Egypt advanced 44 places in the electricity supply quality index in the Global Competitiveness Report in 2019. The Ministry of Electricity has also paid great attention to projects to produce electricity from renewable sources, and the number of projects that have been and are being implemented is 17 projects at a cost of LE 51.8 billion to add 5,303 megawatts of renewable energy (wind/solar energy/hydro energy). Among the most important projects are electricity production plants from winds in Gabal el-Zayt at a cost of LE 9.8 billion, the Benban solar energy production complex with a total investment of LE 35.2 billion, and a hydroelectric power plant at Assiut Barrages at a cost of LE 1.7 billion. Egypt is also carrying out electrical connection projects with neighboring countries, including Sudan, Libya, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and is studying projects to connect with Cyprus and Greece.

Source: Egypt Today December 27, 2021 20:30 UTC