Cairo Tower embraces efficient lighting
By: Creamer Media Reporter
16th April 2009
One of Egypt’s most famous landmarks, the Cairo Tower, has been given a new night-time look, owing to an energy-efficient lighting scheme created by colour-changing light emitting diode (LED) technology.
The LED lighting technology, developed by Philips, is said to use about 80% less energy than a similar scheme using conventional lighting technology, providing cost and environmental benefits. The technology also offers colour effects and low maintenance costs. “We are extremely proud to help promote our nation's history and heritage in this way,” Philips Lighting CEO in Egypt, Tamer Abolghar, said, adding that the lighting technologies would create night-time effects that were not possible previously.
Edited by: Terence Creamer
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Siemens to provide Wet Compression Systems for power plants
Siemens has received a new order for the installation and commissioning of Wet Compression Systems for its eight SGT5-4000F gas turbines installed in the Nubaria, Talkha and Kureimat Power Stations in Egypt. By using wet compression, each turbine can generate an additional 25 megawatts (MW), and at the same time, reduce the NOx emissions by more than 30% per turbine.
The customer is the Ministry of Electricty in Egypt represented by Middle Delta Electricity Production Company & Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company. The Ministry of Electricity of Egypt ordered Wet Compression Systems for all eight of the gas turbine units they operate in Egypt. Siemens will install the first two systems during scheduled outages between January and April 2011. Thus, the Ministry will be able to produce an additional 50 MW of capacity before the summer peak of 2011.
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ENERGY REGULATOR SEEKS MARKET RESTRUCTURING
The Supreme Council for Energy in February 2008 set a target for 20 percent of Egypt’s electricity to be generated from renewable sources by 2020, with 12 percent, or 7,200 megawatts, coming from wind, solar power and biomass, and the remainder from hydropower. In order to accomplish this, Ministry of Electricity officials plan to liberalize the energy market through a new electricity law likely to be considered during the next session of parliament.
But Egypt, which the World Bank contends is among the world’s fastest-growing greenhouse gas emitting countries, continues to build conventional fossil fuel burning power plants, adding six this year, four of which utilize combined cycle technology and are designed to contribute 4,400 megawatts to the grid. By 2014, seven additional power plants with a total capacity of 6,500 megawatts are planned, including Egypt’s first supercritical power plant in Ain Al Sokhna. Supercritical boilers operate at higher temperatures than conventional ones, increasing efficiency. The World Bank is funding the Giza North combined-cycle plant, but according to bank senior energy specialist Mohab Hallouda, Egypt’s demands will need to be covered by a combination of renewable and conventional energy sources, as well as conservation measures. Some estimates predict Egypt will run out of fossil fuels by 2050.
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Egypt awards Worley Parsons nuclear deal
By Jessica Gray
The cool waters of the Mediterranean swell gently against El-Daba’a’s deserted shoreline. About halfway between Alexandria and Marsa Matruh on the North Coast, the more than 100 kilometer-stretch of white sand and vibrant coral reef would be considered prime property for tourism development, if not for the fact it has been selected as one of five possible sites for Egypt’s first nuclear power plant. The nuclear project could also constitute a first for the region, aside from Israel. Planning for the 1,200-megawatt project, set for completion in 10 years time, is well underway, according to the plant’s official consultant, global engineering firm WorleyParsons.
The Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA), a division of the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, awarded WorleyParsons the LE 900 million consulting contract two months ago. The parties signed the contract June 18, more than 50 years after Egypt’s nuclear program was established.
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Egypt's El Sewedy Cables to establish Yemen plant
May 26 (Reuters) - Egypt's El Sewedy Cables (SWDY.CA) said on Tuesday it would establish a $42 million low-voltage power cable plant in a joint venture in Yemen, making it the first cable producer in the country. A statement from the company, the largest Arab cable maker by market value, said the plant would produce a maximum of 12,000 tonnes of copper and aluminium and would reach full capacity in its fourth year of operation. El Sewedy would own 70 percent of the venture, while 30 percent would be owned by Hassan & Masoud Abo Gaig, the group said. The plant will be built on land leased from the government and will be tax-exempt for five years from the start of production, according to the statement.
El Sewedy said in April it expected its 2009 net profit to rise 10 percent as it derives more revenue from non-cable operations. Its shares traded 1.6 percent higher at 63 Egyptian pounds by 0830 GMT.
Nuweiba plant to boost Egypt’s electricity generating capacity
By Sabah Hamamou
Daily News Egypt - April 20, 2009
CAIRO: Egypt’s electricity-generating capacity will soon get a boost with the establishment of a combined cycle power plant in Nuweiba, the local press reported. The project will cost a total of LE 4 billion ($714.2 million), financed partly by the Egyptian government and partly by a €260 million loan granted from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company. The plant’s total capacity will be 750 MW provided by two gas turbines and generators, according to press reports. The country’s current electricity generating capacity is around 18.5 GWe, according to the EIB website.
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