Egyptian Minister of Electricity, Mahmoud Essmat, affirmed that the load shedding plan, which was suspended on July 20, will continue to be suspended until September 15.
He emphasized that the ministry is currently working to secure the necessary quantities of mazut and natural gas, as well as strategic reserves to confront any heat waves or emergency situations.
This came during the Egyptian government’s meeting on Tuesday at the government headquarters in New Alamein.
The Minister of Electricity reviewed the capabilities and plans of the national grid system for generating electricity using various types of energy, including renewables.
The Minister explained that the targeted production capacity from renewable energy projects under construction and in the future reaches about 45,000 megawatts, noting that the total current capacity of installed renewable energy from wind and solar is about 4.6 gigawatts, while the current capacity of hydropower reaches 2832 megawatts.
The Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy reviewed the status of projects under construction scheduled to enter service before the summer of 2025, as well as the status of projects under construction subject to the completion of procedures and scheduled to enter service during 2026/2027, in addition to projects with large capacities reaching 28 gigawatts of wind energy for which memoranda of understanding and agreements have been signed to provide land and conduct measurements.
