Egypt Sells 892 Million Kilowatt Hours of Electricity within Last 6 Months

Egypt sold 892 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to the international interconnection countries and private sector companies BOOT during the period from February to July of this year.

Electricity uses during July 2022 were distributed among household uses by 37.7%, industrial by 25.4%, commercial by 5.3%, and sold energy and others by 31.6%.

The government has also worked to complete the implementation of the electrical interconnection project between Egypt and Saudi Arabia to exchange 3,000 megawatts, and it is planned to complete the implementation of the entire project in 2026. The first phase of the interconnection project between Egypt and Sudan has been completed with a capacity of 80 megawatts, and preparations are underway for the second phase, which is Increasing the transmitted power to 240 megawatts, and the transmitted power can be raised to 300 megawatts, and further studies have been conducted regarding the electrical connection between Egypt, Cyprus, and Greece via the island of Crete