President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called for conducting a regular detailed review of all technical and construction works related to the Decent Life initiative for the development of the Egyptian countryside, with the help of renowned specialised consulting offices, to ensure high level of performance and implementation in accordance with modern standards for all sectors of the initiative.
The president’s remarks came during his meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker, Presidency Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said.
The president also reviewed a number of projects being carried out by the Ministry of Electricity nationwide, especially with regard to the “Decent Life” initiative to develop the villages of the Egyptian countryside, in addition to the developments of al-Dabaa nuclear plant and power interconnection projects with neighbouring countries.
For his part, Minister Shaker presented the results of his recent visit leading a high-level delegation to Russia as part of joint co-operation between the two countries to establish Dabaa nuclear plant as he inspected production lines and reviewed the stages of manufacturing heavy equipment.
Minister Shaker also reviewed the executive position of the national strategy for green hydrogen using renewable energy in co-operation with long-standing international expertise in this field in order to benefit from the multiple sources of renewable energy that Egypt enjoys, especially wind and solar energy.This comes as part of the state’s plan to diversify sources of energy supply and to enhance Egypt’s position as a major regional centre for energy trading.
The president directed that the green hydrogen national strategy projects include technical training centres for capacity building in the fields of operation and maintenance as well as research and development centres in co-operation with various research institutes and centres in Egypt.
The minister also reviewed the steps for developing power supply for development communities in Sinai and water pumping stations in North and Central Sinai.
The minister also presented the latest developments in electricity interconnection projects with neighbouring countries, especially Libya, including current studies to raise the capacity of the interconnection networks between the two countries, expand the existing stations and establish new interconnection lines.
Coordination and co-operation efforts between the ministries of electricity and housing regarding seawater desalination projects were also reviewed as well as a co-operation scheme with a number of African countries in the field of floating power plants, which aims to provide these countries with energy quickly and with high capacity.
The minister also presented the latest developments in the electricity feeding works for the Monorail New Administrative Capital and Sixth of October projects, in coordination with the Ministry of Transport and the New Administrative Capital Company.
