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.

The Egyptian Minister of Electricity Mahmoud Esmat has discussed potential cooperation with China Southern Power Grid International (CSGI) in the fields of electricity loss reduction, emergency vehicles, mobile batteries, and power storage.

Minister of Electricity Mahmoud Esmat has reviewed the status of the Integrated Sustainable Energy Strategy until 2040, stressing the need to update the strategy to assess the possibility of increasing the renewable energy’s contribution to Egypt’s energy mix and incorporating green hydrogen.

Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat met with Sun Fuyu, CEO of Huawei China and Jim Liu, CEO of Huawei Egypt, to discuss potential cooperation, as per a statement.

The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy has probed cooperation with Elsewedy Electric in the fields of power loss reduction and electricity distribution.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has probed with the Saudi ACWA Power ways to foster cooperation in the fields of new and renewable energy and green hydrogen.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have probe fostering cooperation in several fields, especially electricity interconnection and new and renewable energy projects.

The Ministry of Electricity is planning to implement hydropower projects with investments of $4 billion, in cooperation with the private sector.

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have reached key agreements to advance the electrical interconnection project, with both sides committing to joint arrangements to ensure its completion before next summer, as per a statement.

The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy's dues to all government sectors rose by 14% in the two-month ended May to EGP 114 billion.