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<\/a> Egypt will begin exporting excess electricity to regional countries in 2018<\/strong>, said Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker. The move would be part of a wider strategy to turn Egypt into a regional energy hub for electricity and natural gas. Surplus electricity from Egypt\u2019s power plants, especially once the three Siemens combined cycle plants become fully operational, would be exported to a number of countries, including Jordan, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, as well as some African countries, said Shaker, according to Daily News Egypt<\/a>. Companies vying for the Saudi-Egyptian electricity grid interconnection project submitted their bids back in October<\/a>. Talks between Jordan and Egypt to expand their interconnection project had also taken place a few months ago<\/a>. The Electricity Ministry is also conducting a feasibility study on linking the electricity grids of Egypt, Cyprus and Greece \u2014 a project announced last month<\/a> during President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s summit with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts in Nicosia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt will begin exporting excess electricity to regional countries in 2018, said Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker. The move would be part of a wider strategy to turn Egypt into a regional energy hub for electricity and natural gas. 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