The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development announces the harvest of the construction phase for the electricity and renewable energy sector projects

The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development issued a report on the electricity and renewable energy sector projects, as part of the series of reports issued by the ministry on the harvest of the construction phase for the past two fiscal years (2018/19-2019/20).Dr. Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, indicated that 416 projects have been completed in the electricity and renewable energy sector, with a total investment cost estimated at EGP 95.6 billion, of which 194 are projects by the end of fiscal year 2019/20, for EGP 33.6 billion.On the geographical distribution of the completed projects in the electricity and renewable energy sector during 2018/19-2019/20, El-Said pointed out that Cairo Governorate came at the top in terms of the number of projects, with about 60 projects at EGP 7.5 billion, followed by Aswan Governorate with 36 projects at a cost of EGP 3.7 billion, and then Assiut with 23 projects at EGP 9.2 billion, and the Red Sea Governorate with 22 projects at EGP 9.1 billion.El-Said explained that Upper Egypt and the border governorates accounted for 37% of the number of completed projects in the electricity sector during the past two years, at a total investment cost estimated at EGP 33.8 billion, indicating that 118 projects were implemented in Upper Egypt governorates at a cost of about EGP 19 billion, in addition to implementing 35 projects in the border governorates for EGP 14.8 billion.The construction phase harvest report for the electricity and renewable energy sector projects announced by the ministry indicated that 21 projects in Alexandria Governorate were completed for EGP 1.4 billion, 16 projects in Beheira for EGP 3.5 billion, 13 projects in Giza for EGP 8.1 billion, 13 projects in Sohag at a cost of about EGP 4 billion, 10 projects in Damietta for EGP 4.2 billion, and 9 projects in Beni Suef for EGP 1.6 billion pounds, in addition to the completion of 34 joint projects between more than one governorate for EGP 33.4 billion.The report reviewed the projects that have been completed during the past two years, the most prominent of which include the establishment of the South Helwan steam power station with a capacity of 1,950 megawatts, the conversion of the West Damietta 2 gas power plant to work as a combined cycle by adding 250 megawatts, to a total capacity of 750 megawatts, the conversion of the West Assiut power plant to work as a combined cycle by adding 250 megawatts to bring the total capacity to 1,500 megawatts, as well as converting the 6th October gas power plant to work as a combined cycle by adding 340 megawatts.According to the report, the projects also included the implementation of 32 photovoltaic solar power stations in Benban, Aswan, with a capacity of 1,465 megawatts, which came in cooperation with the private sector, as well as the establishment of a photovoltaic cell station in Kom Ombo, Aswan, with a capacity of 26 megawatts, and the construction of wind stations (Jabal Al-Zeit 1, 2, 3) with a total capacity 380 megawatts in the Red Sea Governorate, in addition to the construction of a wind station in the Gulf of Suez, with a capacity of 250 megawatts.