| Agency Name: | Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy |
| Nativename: | وزارة الكهرباء والطاقة المتجددة |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Egypt |
| Headquarters: | New Administrative Capital, Cairo Governorate |
| Chief1 Name: | Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister |
The Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt is the government ministry in charge of managing and regulating the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Egypt. Its headquarters are in Cairo. The current minister is Mohamed Shaker.[1] The ministry was established in 1964 with presidential decree No. 147.
An agreement was made with Siemens, a German company, to implement power stations in Beni Suef, the New Administrative Capital, and Borollos by mid 2018.
See main article: Aswan Dam. The Aswan Dam, inaugurated in 1971, "can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours annually.".[2]
A new high dam to pump and store water to produce electricity in Ataka was in the works in mid 2017 in conjunction with Sinohydro, a Chinese company.[3]
In 2015, Egypt began negotiations with Russian company Rosatom, for building a nuclear power plant in Dabaa and by the end of 2016, the ministry and the company were in their final negotiations on the deal.[4] [5] By 2017, negotiations were completed.[6]
Eni, an Italian company is working on the large petrol field discovered in Egypt in 2015.[7]
As anticipated a year before, in September, 2018, a 4.4 billion agreement was signed for the building of a 6.6 GW coal-power plant in Hamrawein, Egypt and would take at least six years to complete and become operational.[8] [9] The project was mothballed in 2020.[10]
| Name | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| 1 | Mohamed Ezzat Salama | March 1964 | September 1965 |
| 2 | Mustafa Khalil | October 1965 | September 1966 |
| 3 | Mahmoud Younis | September 1966 | June 1967 |
| 4 | Mohammed Sidqi Suleiman | June 1967 | March 1968 |
| 5 | Helmy Mohamed Saeed | November 1970 | May 1971 |
| 6 | Ahmed Sultan | September 1974 | April 1975 |
| 7 | Mustafa Kamal Sabri | October 1978 | May 1980 |
| 8 | Mohamed Maher Abaza | May 1980 | October 1999 |
| 9 | Dr. Saidi on | October 1999 | November 2001 |
| 10 | Hassan Younis | November 2001 | August 2012 |
| 11 | Mahmoud Saad Balbaa | August 2012 | January 2013 |
| 12 | Ahmed Mustafa Imam | January 2013 | February 2014 |
| 13 | Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi | February 2014 | Incumbent |