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Power plants in Egypt

A directory of 62 power plants in Egypt with a combined installed capacity of 34,184 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

62power plants
34,184MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Egypt)

Gas: 33 plants33GasSolar: 19 plants19SolarOil: 5 plants5OilHydro: 4 plants4HydroWind: 1 plants1Wind

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
1Kuriemat 2Gas2,754
2North GizaGas2,250
3NubariaGas2,250
4Abu KirGas2,236
5High DamHydro2,100
6Sidi KrirGas2,092
7Cairo NorthGas1,500
8TalkhaGas1,460
9Cairo WestGas1,360
10Shoubra El-KheimaGas1,295
11DamiettaGas1,200
12New Gas ShababGas1,000
13AtakaGas900
14El-AtfGas750
15Cairo SouthGas715
16El-TebeenGas700
17PortSaid EastGas683
18Suez GulfGas683
19Oyoun MousaGas640
20Abu SultanGas600

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