Egypt to add 2 GW of solar capacity in 2026
Egypt is expected to add around 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in 2026, up 176 per cent year on year, making it…
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Egypt to develop 4.32 GW solar, battery projects using local-currency financing
Egypt is moving ahead with plans to develop 2,320 megawatts of solar power capacity and 2,000 megawatt-hours of…
Egypt’s Sisi pushes faster renewable rollout, more solar investment
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Monday urged faster expansion of solar energy use in industry and increased…
Egypt discusses oil, renewable energy cooperation with United Energy Group at EGYPES
Egypt’s Petroleum Minister Karim Badawy met Song Yu, chief operating officer of United Energy Group, to review the…
Egypt signs financing agreements for Energy Valley Solar project
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Monday witnessed the signing of preliminary financing agreements for…
Egypt, China’s NORINCO discuss nuclear materials, renewable energy cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat met on Tuesday with officials from China North…
Egypt signs deals for 1.2 GW solar projects, 720 MWh storage
State-run Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) signed on Monday supplementary agreements with the…
Egypt explores smart grid, energy storage partnership with Huawei
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Essmat met on Wednesday with Benjamin Hou, CEO of…
Egypt’s Cabinet approves PPAs with Masdar-led consortium for 1.2 GW solar projects
Egypt approved the signing of two power purchase agreements (PPAs) between the Egyptian Electricity Transmission…
Egypt steps up investment drive, economic reforms to bolster competitiveness: minister
Egypt is intensifying efforts to attract investment and support entrepreneurship while expanding international…
Egypt to expand renewable energy capacity between 2026, 2030
Egypt plans to integrate new solar, wind, and battery storage capacities into its national electricity grid between…
Egypt intensifies efforts to boost renewable energy under national strategy
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Monday reviewed progress in implementing the National Integrated…
Egypt seeks to localise battery industry in talks with Scatec
Egypt’s Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mahmoud Esmat met with executives from Norway’s Scatec to discuss…
Egypt, Scatec, Sungrow explore trilateral clean energy cooperation
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met on Sunday with Terje Pilskog, CEO of Norway’s Scatec, and Cao Renxian,…
Egypt explores solar power partnership with China’s SunRev Solar
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on Sunday met executives from China’s SunRev Solar to discuss plans to…
Egypt’s Petroleum Min. directs petrochemical roadmap, Ethydco expands into solar
Egyptian Petroleum Minister Karim Badawi has directed the preparation of a medium-term plan and vision for natural…
Egypt advances energy transition with 38 projects in ’24/’25 – EGPC
The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) said it implemented 38 energy transition projects in the…
Egypt Electricity Min. follows up power link with Greece
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Mahmoud Esmat, held talks on Wednesday with Dimitris…
Egypt’s Norpetco exceeds ’24 drilling targets, boosts reserves
Egypt’s North Bahariya Petroleum Company (Norpetco) announced that it exceeded 108 per cent of its drilling target…
Egypt, AMEA Power review progress on landmark battery storage projects
Egypt's Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat held a meeting AMEA Power chairman Hussain Al…
Australia expands clean energy Scheme to boost grid stability
Australia will expand its Capacity Investment Scheme by 25 per cent to support an additional 8 gigawatts (GW) of…
Egypt’s Electricity, Housing Ministers discuss power grid upgrade
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat held a meeting with Housing Minister Sherif El…
Egypt monitors regional unrest impact in Crisis Committee meeting
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly confirmed that all relevant Egyptian authorities are closely monitoring the…
Egypt’s GAFI hosts sustainability conference to boost green exports
Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) hosted the Environmental Sustainability and Egyptian…
Egypt’s AOI eyes stronger African industrial ties
Egypt's Arab Organisation for Industrialisation (AOI) is implementing numerous development projects in several…
Egypt signs financial closure for 1 GW solar, battery storage project with Scatec, NBE,…
Egypt on Sunday signed a financial closure agreement for the Obelisk project, a 1-gigawatt solar power plant with…
Egypt, France’s EDF explore renewable energy partnership
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat concluded his visit to France with a meeting…
Egypt, Huawei discuss smart grid shift, energy storage cooperation
Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat met President of Huawei Digital Power and…
QatarEnergy partners with TotalEnergies for massive solar project in Iraq
QatarEnergy announced on Monday a strategic partnership with TotalEnergies to develop a 1.25 GW solar power project…
John Cockerill joins $900m green ammonia project in Egypt
John Cockerill, a global company, is set to enter a partnership with Scatec and other companies to implement a…
AfDB approves €6m to advance Burkina Faso solar project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €6 million concessional financing package to support the…
Egypt signs MoUs to develop 30 GW of solar, wind energy
Egypt signed memorandums of understanding (MoU) to develop 30 gigawatts of solar and wind energy, with expectations…
Egypt approves land for energy infrastructure in New Valley
The Egyptian government has allocated the necessary land for the construction of new power transformer stations in…
US to invest $7.3b in clean energy projects
The Biden administration announced on Thursday a $7.3 billion investment to fund clean energy projects through the…
EU renewable energy hits 46% of electricity in Q1 ’24
The European Union (EU) made significant strides in its clean energy transition during the first quarter of 2024,…
Islamic bank support for Egypt’s energy sector stands at $2.02b in 10yrs
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) supported multiple energy projects in Egypt, resulting in a 14 per cent rise in…
Indonesia cuts solar local content requirement to 20%
Indonesia has reduced the local content requirement for solar power plants to 20 per cent from around 40 per cent,…
UK boosts renewable power auction budget by 50%
The UK government has boosted its annual renewable power auction budget by 50 per cent, increasing it to £1.5…
China’s renewable energy capacity surpasses coal for 1st time
China's renewable energy capacity, comprising wind and solar power, has surpassed coal-fired capacity for the first…
Chinese solar panel manufacturers invest in US facilities
Several major Chinese solar panel manufacturers are significantly expanding their operations in the United States,…