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Power plants in Egypt

A directory of 89 power plants in Egypt with a combined installed capacity of 76,790 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

89power plants
76,790MW total capacity
7fuel types
0with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Egypt)

Gas: 48 plants48GasSolar: 19 plants19SolarOil: 12 plants12OilHydro: 4 plants4HydroCoal: 4 plants4CoalWind: 1 plants1WindNuclear: 1 plants1Nuclear

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Egypt electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

563gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
13.0%low-carbon electricity
13.0%renewables
87.0%fossil fuels
Gas: 80 % of electricity80GasOil: 7 % of electricity7OilHydro: 6 % of electricity6HydroWind: 4 % of electricity4WindSolar: 3 % of electricity3Solar

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Egypt

#PlantFuelMW
1Hamarawein IPP coal projectCoal6,600
2Beni Suef power plantGas4,800
3Burullus power plantGas4,800
4New Capital power stationGas4,800
5El Dabaa nuclear power plantNuclear4,800
6Marsa Matruh power stationCoal4,000
7Kuriemat 2Gas2,754
8Ayoun Moussa power stationCoal2,640
9North GizaGas2,250
10NubariaGas2,250
11Luxor Project power stationGas2,250
12Abu KirGas2,236
13High DamHydro2,100
14Sidi KrirGas2,073
15Safaga power stationCoal2,000
16Cairo NorthGas1,500
17West Assiut power stationGas1,500
18TalkhaGas1,460
19Cairo WestGas1,360
20Qena power stationGas1,300

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Power plants in Egypt by region

Aswan (16)

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Egypt?

There are 89 power plants in Egypt in this open dataset, with about 76,790 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Egypt?

Hamarawein IPP coal project is the largest at about 6,600 MW (coal).

What fuels generate electricity in Egypt?

The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (48 plants), across 7 fuel types in total.

How clean is Egypt's electricity grid?

Egypt's grid carbon intensity is about 563 gCO₂/kWh, with 13.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).