The Minister of Electricity Mahmoud Esmat has met with the President of China Energy for North Africa and Egypt region to follow up on the Egyptian-Saudi electrical interconnection project.

The Egyptian government is planning to launch the first phase of the electrical interconnection project with Saudi Arabia in April instead of May 2025.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have so far implemented 60% of their joint electrical interconnection project, with the first phase of operation to kick off in July 2025 at a cost of $1.8 billion.

The Egyptian government is in talks with the European Union (EU) to secure a €2 billion grant for the electrical interconnection projects with Greece and Italy.

The Egyptian government is negotiating with the European Union (EU) to secure a €1.5 billion grant for an electrical interconnection project with Greece with a capacity of 3 gigawatts.