Business
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Energy
10/31/2023 3:59:34 PM
Egypt has signed an agreement with the Japanese Mitsubishi Power Company to develop the Sidi Krir and El-Atf power plants, according to a statement by the company on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
10/29/2023 1:58:14 PM
French Schneider Electric company plans to expand in the Egyptian market, having injected a total investment amounting to 300 million euros ($317.38 million) in Egypt over the past 35 years, according to a cabinet statement on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
10/28/2023 10:33:09 AM
Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, condemned on Friday the Israeli occupation’s intensified attacks in Gaza, denouncing the bombardment, killing, and cutting of electricity and internet connections as blind terrorism and a clear violation of legal and humanitarian principles.
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Business
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Energy
10/26/2023 6:05:45 PM
The European Union (EU) is considering a proposal to add an electrical interconnection project between Greece and Egypt to its list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs), which will facilitate funding and issuing permits for the project.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/23/2023 10:51:08 PM
"Hello from Gaza -- I'm still alive": it's a message many Palestinians trapped in the besieged and bombarded territory send each morning to their loved ones outside the coastal enclave.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/20/2023 5:06:11 PM
The director of Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, says generators in the hospital are operating at the lowest setting to provide power to vital departments that cannot function without electricity, while others work in darkness, while the destruction and impact from Israeli airstrikes in retaliation for the Oct. 7 attack is visible in satellite imagery of blocks levelled by missiles and smoke rising over the blast zones.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/18/2023 2:04:46 PM
As people in Gaza continue to suffer from dire shortages of water, food, electricity, and fuel, aid organizations are pleading for a humanitarian corridor to allow for the entry of urgently needed supplies.
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Business
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Economy
10/15/2023 4:18:45 PM
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to grant a €165 million loan to Egypt to finance the upgrade of the electricity transmission grid, a venture that is also aimed at reducing pollutant emissions.
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World
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International
10/12/2023 8:49:58 PM
France on Thursday said it was banning all pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the grounds such protests threaten public order. This comes amid the ongoing Israeli siege on Gaza, which has cut water, food and electricity from Palestinians residing in the impoverished Palestinian enclave.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
10/11/2023 12:24:58 AM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Israel’s blockade of Gaza saying cutting off electricity and water is against the Palestinians’ human rights.
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World
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Region
10/10/2023 10:53:33 PM
EU foreign ministers on Tuesday urged Israel not to cut "water, food, or electricity" to Gaza and called for humanitarian corridors for those trying to flee the territory, the bloc's foreign policy chief said.
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World
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Region
10/7/2023 9:02:08 PM
Israel ordered its state-run electricity company to halt supply to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the energy minister said.
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Business
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Economy
10/1/2023 5:38:14 PM
Egypt could save EGP 108 billion ($3.49 billion) annually through the daily power-cut plan that commenced in July, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said during the Hikayat Watan conference on Saturday.
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Business
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Energy
9/26/2023 8:13:10 PM
Egypt plans to launch a national strategy to become a leading green hydrogen producer and exporter, according to remarks by the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
9/25/2023 10:57:45 PM
Egypt ratified the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS), a key international agreement that sets out basic safety standards for nuclear power plants, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker announced on Monday.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 9:18:15 PM
Several regions of Kenya were still without electricity Saturday in outages that also left Nairobi international airport in darkness for several hours.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/26/2023 3:15:00 PM
Postponing any increase in electricity prices for six months has been welcomed by citizens struggling to make ends meet.
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Business
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Economy
8/17/2023 8:30:52 PM
The Egyptian government approved on Thursday a decree to freeze any increase in electricity sale prices till January 2024 in light of the current economic situation.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/8/2023 10:31:00 PM
Last week’s meeting between President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will serve to boost Egyptian-Greek relations.
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Egypt
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Society
8/5/2023 3:37:31 PM
All Egyptian government employees in non-public-facing bodies will work from home each Sunday in August to reduce loads on the national power grid.
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