List of power stations in Egypt

This article lists power stations in Egypt .

Gas

Name	Operator	Governorate	Type	Capacity (MW)	Commission date	Ref
Beni Suef Power Plant	UEEPC [e]	Beni Suef	CCGT	4,800	2018	[1]
Burullus Power Plant	MDEPC [c]	Kafr El Sheikh	CCGT	4,800	2018	[1]
New Capital Power Plant	CEPC [a]	Cairo	CCGT	4,800	2018	[1]
Cairo North Power Plant	CEPC [a]	Cairo	CCGT	1,500	Stage 1: 2004 Stage 2: 2007	[2]
Damietta Power Plant	EDEPC [b]	Damietta	CCGT	1,200	1989	[2]
El Atf Power Plant	MDEPC [c]	Kafr El Sheikh	CCGT	750	2006	[2]
El Kureimat Power Plant	UEEPC [e]	Minya	CCGT ISCC	3,000	Stage 1: 2008 Stage 2: 2010	[2]
El Nubaria Power Plant	MDEPC [c]	Alexandria	CCGT	2,250	Stage 1: 2005 Stage 2: 2010	[2]
Hurghada Power Plant	EDEPC [b]	Red Sea	CCGT	143	2002	[2]
Sidi Krir Power Plant	WDEPC [d]	Alexandria	CCGT	750	2000	[2]
Talkha Power Plant	MDEPC [c]	Dakahlia	CCGT	290	1979	[2]
New Talkha Power Plant	MDEPC [c]	Dakahlia	CCGT	750	2007	[2]

^ Cairo Electricity Production Company

^ East Delta Electricity Production Company

^ Middle Delta Electricity Production Company

^ West Delta Electricity Production Company

^ Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company

Hydroelectric

Name	Governorate	Type	Capacity (MW)	Commission date	Ref
Aswan High Dam	Aswan	Embankment	2,100	1970
Aswan Low Dam	Aswan	Gravity	592	1960
Nag Hammadi Dam	Qena	Gravity	64	2008

Nuclear

Name	Operator	Governorate	Reactor type	Capacity (MW)	Commission date	Ref
El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant		Matrouh	VVER-1200	4,800	2026 (expected)	[3]

Oil- and gas-fired thermal

Name	Operator	Governorate	Type	Capacity (MW)	Commission date	Ref
El Tebbin Power Station		Cairo	Thermal	700	2010
Abu Qir Power Plant		Alexandria		930	1991
Ain Sokhna Power Plant		Suez		1,300	2014
Cairo West Power Plant		Giza		1,360	2010

Solar

Name	Operator	Governorate	Type	Capacity (MW)	Commission date	Ref
Benban Solar Park	NREA [f]	Aswan	PV power station	1,650	2019	[4]
Kom Ombo solar park	NREA [f]	Kom Ombo	PV power station	200	2021	[5]
Access Egypt Solar One Power Plant	Access Power Limited	Aswan	PV power station	50	2018	[6] [7]

Wind

Name	Operator	Governorate	Type	Capacity (MW)	Commission date	Ref
Zafarana Wind Farms	NREA [f]	El Zaafrana	Wind farm	545	2001	[8]
Jabal Al-Zayt wind farm	NREA [f]	Jabal Al-Zayt	Wind farm	220 (580 MW when completed)	2018	[8]

^ New and Renewable Energy Authority

See also

• Energy portal
• Egypt portal

• List of largest power stations in the world
• List of power stations in Africa

References

1. "Egypt Megaproject". Siemens. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
2. "Cc-egypt". Archived from the original on 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
3. World Nuclear Association Reactor Database Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine , accessed February 14, 2010
4. Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (11 April 2018). "Egypt: China's Green Energy Company Starts Construction of Biggest Solar Plant in Egypt". Beijing: Forum on China-Africa Cooperation via AllAfrica.com . Retrieved 23 April 2018.
5. "KOM OMBO PV". Acwa power. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
6. "Access Power and Eren completed financing of two solar plants in Egypt | photon.info". www.photon.info. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
7. "Access-Eren/AESO | Proparco - Groupe Agence Française de Développement". www.proparco.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
8. "طاقة الرياح - محطات قائمة - هيئة الطاقة الجديدة والمتجددة". New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA). Retrieved 16 January 2023.