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COP27
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Sharm El-Sheikh
10/28/2022 1:34:00 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development announced on Wednesday that 210 locally-manufactured busses running on electricity and natural gas have been sent to Sharm El-Sheikh to assist in transporting the delegates of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference, slated to be held in the Red Sea city 6-18 November.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
10/27/2022 8:09:13 PM
Why did Gillian Keegan, the UK’s parliamentary under-secretary of state for Africa, meet with the Egyptian Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker when her remit is African affairs?
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Egypt
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Politics
10/26/2022 10:39:00 PM
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Wednesday increasing the minimum wage for public employees from EGP 2,700 to EGP 3,000 and maintaining current electricity prices for households through June 2023.
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Business
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Energy
10/24/2022 9:07:31 PM
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker said on Monday that Egypt is formulating a national strategy to produce green hydrogen at the lowest cost globally by 2050.
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World
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International
10/20/2022 9:28:59 PM
After Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro boosted welfare payments in August by 50%, many people in the Jequitinhonha Valley, one of the poorest regions of the country, felt they could once again afford some meat, keep electricity running and repair leaky roofs.
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Business
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Energy
10/20/2022 3:03:28 PM
Households and businesses across Europe have struggled with high electricity prices for months, though they have fallen since late August peaks.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/15/2022 2:34:05 PM
A missile strike seriously damaged a key energy facility in Ukraine's capital region, the country's power system operator said Saturday as the Russian military strove to cut water and electricity in populated areas.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/5/2022 3:10:04 PM
Electricity generation from fossil fuels would have risen by four percent if not for boosts in wind, solar and hydropower as the world's energy demand grew in the first half of 2022, a study found Wednesday.
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COP27
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Climate change
9/17/2022 9:00:00 AM
People around the world should shoulder the responsibility of combatting the energy crisis that has swept the world and led to significant rises in electricity bills, Christian Berger, head of the European Union delegation to Egypt, said on Friday while celebrating Egyptian-European Energy Day.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
9/14/2022 5:30:41 PM
France will cap an expected increase in natural gas and electricity prices at 15 percent early next year, extending price controls introduced after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Wednesday.
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World
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International
9/13/2022 2:31:50 PM
Paris will start switching off the ornamental lights that grace city monuments hours earlier than usual, plunging the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks in the dark to cope with surging electricity costs, officials said Tuesday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/11/2022 10:11:24 AM
Ukraine said Sunday the sixth and final reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in the south of the country was no longer generating electricity.
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World
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International
8/29/2022 8:21:47 PM
The European Union is preparing to take emergency action to reform the electricity market and get a grip on energy prices that have soared since Russia invaded Ukraine, senior officials said Monday.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
8/28/2022 7:29:13 PM
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Sunday called on the European Union to decouple electricity prices from those of gas to keep them from rising further due to ripple effects from the Ukraine war.
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Business
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Energy
8/28/2022 7:05:19 PM
Egypt’s electricity production has increased by over 30,000 megawatts (MW) in six years, an unprecedented leap towards achieving surplus levels, Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy spokesperson Ayman Hamza said on Sunday.
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Business
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Energy
8/27/2022 6:23:17 PM
The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy is speeding up the process of implementing its peaceful nuclear-power-generation program, per directives from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Minister Mohamed Shaker said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/26/2022 2:45:00 PM
The details of government plans to ration the use of electricity will be announced in the coming days.
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Business
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Energy
8/24/2022 12:50:58 PM
Egypt's Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said on Tuesday that his ministry is cooperating with international companies to start discussions and studies to produce green hydrogen in Egypt as an initial step to expand the industry and export the fuel.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/21/2022 11:28:00 AM
Egypt has launched a plan to reduce local power consumption with the aim of exporting more natural gas.
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World
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Africa
8/18/2022 8:23:30 PM
Striking electricity workers shut down Nigeria's power grid Wednesday, plunging the West African nation's more than 200 million citizens into darkness for several hours, officials said.
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