Egypt to expedite extension of Sinai power supply lines
Egypt, Kairo: The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, has instructed the electricity ministry to expedite the extension of power supply lines to Sinai.
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Egypt, Kairo: The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, has instructed the electricity ministry to expedite the extension of power supply lines to Sinai.
The extension projects will connect the electricity network in Sinai to the Egyptian Electrical Unified Network (EEUN) in order to transfer the electric power required to meet the needs of the integrated national project for the development of Sinai. The president’s instructions came at a meeting on 17 August with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and Electricity and Renewable Energy Minister Mohamed Shaker.
Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said that the meeting focused on a number of projects carried out by the Electricity Ministry nationwide as part of the “Decent Life” presidential initiative to develop villages in Egypt.
The meeting also took up the latest developments related to El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, in addition to power interconnection projects with neighbouring countries, including Libya, the spokesman said.
The meeting followed up the executive procedures for upgrading the existing electricity infrastructure within the framework of the first phase of the national project to improve the quality of life in the countryside.
For his part, the electricity minister reviewed the outcome of his recent visit to Russia to inspect the production lines and the stages of manufacturing heavy equipment for El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant.
The meeting also dealt with coordination and cooperation efforts between the electricity and housing ministries regarding projects of seawater desalination plants. It also addressed cooperation with a number of African countries in the field of floating power plants (FPPs), which aim to provide a fast supply of electricity to these countries.
Source: ESI Africa
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