Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat held talks with a World Bank delegation to follow up on joint projects and coordinate partnerships for future ones.

Minister of Electricity Mahmoud Esmat approved the budget plan of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) for the fiscal year (FY) 2025/2026, according to a statement.

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) aims to invest EGP 44.9 billion in the fiscal year (FY) 2025/2026

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat confirmed that no increases in electricity tariffs will be introduced until January 2026.

Egypt and Greece signed a cooperation agreement to finalize the technical and economic studies of their joint electricity interconnection project.

Egypt’s unified electricity grid registered its highest-ever load on Saturday, July 26th, setting a new record of 38,800 megawatts (MW)

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly followed up on the procedures for securing the financial allocations required for the petroleum products needed to operate power plants

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi discussed the latest developments and implemented measures to meet the rising energy demands

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat and Income’s Chairman Hesham Sheta discussed cooperation in renewable energy, energy storage, and the battery localization industry

The Supreme Council for Energy, headed by Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat, discussed a number of requests on energy supply for 11 new industrial projects, along with three others added to the agenda.

Egypt has signed an agreement with the Emirati company AMEA Power to establish two independent energy storage stations with a total capacity of 1,500 megawatt-hours.

Dues of the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to the Ministry of Electricity exceeded EGP 205 billion by the end of January.

The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat and Chairman of AMEA Power Hussain Al Nowais have mulled over ways to increase the company's investments in the renewable energy field in Egypt.

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) allocated approximately EGP 7.6 billion during the previous fiscal year (FY) 2023/2024 for significant upgrades to the country’s electricity infrastructure.

Egypt has signed two agreements to build a 500-megawatt wind farm in the Gulf of Suez, with investments estimated at $600 million.

Egypt is considering the export of electricity to Syria through Jordan, contingent on stable security and political conditions in Damascus.

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) is finalizing scenarios for its demerger from the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) and plans to present them to the government next December.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy is working with China’s Huawei to localize the production of metering equipment and enhance integration between meters for tracking energy usage and detecting tampering.

The Egyptian government has postponed the international bidding on two key wind power plants, Zafarana and Beni Suef.

The Egyptian government is probing ways of strengthening cooperation with Siemens Energy in expanding renewables and green hydrogen projects and promoting digital transformation in the power generation field.