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Business
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Energy
11/5/2025 6:48:43 PM
Hassan Allam Utilities Energy Platform and Infinity Power have signed power purchase agreements with the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to develop two large-scale solar projects totalling 1,200 MW and 720 MWh of battery storage.
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Business
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Energy
10/15/2025 12:20:40 PM
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement on Wednesday to move forward with the Egypt-Europe electricity interconnection project through Italy, which will use undersea cables to link the two continents.
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Business
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Economy
10/6/2025 3:51:00 PM
Egypt has signed letters of intent with international lenders to finance the Dendera solar energy project, a landmark initiative that will supply clean electricity to the Aluminium Company of Egypt (EgyptAlum) complex in Qena and cut its carbon emissions by up to 30 percent.
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World
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Africa
9/29/2025 8:57:04 PM
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina said Monday he had sacked his government following deadly protests against repeated water and electricity outages across the Indian Ocean nation.
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Business
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Energy
9/29/2025 7:47:40 PM
Egypt and Greece have signed an agreement to complete “technical and economic studies” for a major electricity interconnection project, bringing a step closer to exporting up to 3,000 megawatts of Egyptian power to Europe via the Greek grid.
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Business
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Energy
9/10/2025 10:42:34 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that the government has no plans to raise electricity prices “at this stage.”
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World
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Africa
9/7/2025 11:18:40 AM
Hermínio Guambe used to cut hair in a tiny barbershop with no electricity in his village outside Mozambique’s capital. The arrival of power changed everything.
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Business
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Economy
9/1/2025 9:10:00 PM
Egypt has allocated EGP 136.3 billion for investments in the electricity and renewable energy sector during FY2025/2026, almost doubling the EGP 72.6 billion planned for FY2024/2025, according to a report released on Monday by the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation.
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Egypt
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Society
8/25/2025 1:07:56 PM
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat has been discharged from the hospital after receiving medical checks for injuries sustained in a traffic accident on Sunday night.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/13/2025 11:43:06 AM
Egypt’s power consumption reached an unprecedented record of 39,500 megawatts (MW) on Tuesday, but the national unified grid successfully absorbed the surge in demand, the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy said.
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World
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Region
8/12/2025 5:37:51 PM
Electricity supply returned to all Iraq's provinces on Tuesday, a government official told AFP, expecting the grid's full recovery within a day after a nationwide power outage.
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World
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Region
8/11/2025 9:00:08 PM
Power was out on Monday across Iraq as scorching summer temperatures pushed demand on the electricity grid to unprecedented levels, authorities said.
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Egypt
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Society
7/28/2025 9:38:15 PM
Egypt’s unified electricity grid registered a new record of 39,400 megawatts (MW) on Sunday, an increase of 600 MW from Saturday and 1,400 MW from 2024’s peak load.
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Egypt
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Society
7/27/2025 1:20:49 PM
Egypt’s unified electricity grid registered its highest-ever load on Saturday, setting a new record of 38,800 megawatts—an increase of 800 megawatts in a single day.
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World
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Region
7/22/2025 1:16:25 PM
A severe heatwave sweeping Iran has disrupted water and electricity supplies in much of the country, with reservoir levels dropping to their lowest point in a century, state media said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Society
7/21/2025 2:53:00 PM
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi affirmed that the ministry is progressing with its plan to ensure a sustainable provision of natural gas for the local market, particularly for the electricity and industrial sectors, amid a noticeable rise in summer electricity loads and fuel consumption due to the heatwave.
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Egypt
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Society
7/18/2025 2:11:07 PM
Electricity loads increased by an average of 500 MW per day over the past three days, with the unified power grid recording its highest load of the year on Thursday, reaching 37,600 MW, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy.
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Business
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Tech
7/16/2025 11:02:54 AM
US President Donald Trump went to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to announce $92 billion in energy and infrastructure deals intended to meet big tech's soaring demand for electricity to fuel the AI boom.
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Egypt
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Society
6/18/2025 4:57:13 PM
Egypt’s prime minister, Mostafa Madbouly, has called on the public to be extremely cautious with electricity use amid growing pressure on the country’s energy system following a drop in natural gas supplies linked to regional unrest.
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Egypt
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Society
5/29/2025 2:18:32 PM
The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy announced that there will be no electricity load shedding this summer, as was the case over the past two years.
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