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Power plants in Egypt

62 power-plant records · 34,184 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 53%
  • Solar 31%
  • Oil 8%
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Egypt at a glance

Power-plant records
62
Reported capacity
34,184 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
11.2%
Most records
Gas, Solar
Capital
Cairo

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Kuriemat 22,754 MW
  2. 2North Giza2,250 MW
  3. 3Nubaria2,250 MW
  4. 4Abu Kir2,236 MW
  5. 5High Dam2,100 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Egypt

Single buyerOne state buyer, private generators

Gas supplies most power, with large solar at Benban and wind in the Gulf of Suez.

  1. GenerationState utility + private producers
  2. TransmissionOne state buyer
  3. DistributionUtility networks
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

Who controls the grid

State-owned EETC runs transmission and buys power; EEHC companies distribute.

Markets & power exchanges

No open power exchange: producers sell to the single buyer under long-term contracts.

Regional grid

  • Eastern Africa Power PoolRegional grid

    Member of the Eastern Africa Power Pool, which coordinates cross-border lines and power trade between eastern African utilities.

What does “Single buyer” mean?

Independent power producers build plants and sell their output under long-term contracts to one designated state buyer, usually the national utility, which runs the grid and sells to consumers.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Egypt generates electricity

Electricity generated237.4 TWh
Renewable share11.2%
Low-carbon share11.2%
Carbon intensity574.5 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro14.4 TWh
Wind6.1 TWh
Solar6.1 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewablesNo data
NuclearNo data
Coal0 TWh
Gas193 TWh
Other fossil17.8 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Egypt is in Northern Africa. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Cairo
Languages
Arabic
Region
Northern Africa

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 62 records for Egypt. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

62 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

62 lack an owner/operator; 41 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
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Browse 62 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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