Egypt has been able to set up an electrical project to secure its current needs

Lebanese writer Antoine Farah confirmed that Egypt was able to implement an electrical project to secure the current need, and involves the "The opening of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for three giant gas plants and the production of 1,4400 megawatts a year," he said, "reveals that the cost of producing electricity in Egypt is below the cost of production in Lebanon, adding that the total cost of the Egyptian project seems small compared to the estimated cost of setting up power stations in Lebanon and that the huge Egyptian stations would increase capacity. from Egypt to produce electricity, generating a surplus of about 25%. Just as the period of construction and commissioning in the stations came in less than 3 years.

He explains that the Egyptian stations, according to the calculations of its establishment and the distribution of the total cost on the production, show that the cost of production of 800 MW is about 375 million dollars, against 725 million Lebanon for the same volume of production. Based on the cost of the production plant (Deir Ammar 2), which did not see the light, which was to produce 538 MW and cost about 480 million dollars.

He pointed out that Egypt could also save about $ 1 billion a year because the three stations are working on natural gas and that the discoveries recently announced in Egyptian gas will allow additional savings in the work of the stations while working in the Lebanese power stations. Liquid fuel, which increases costs and causes additional pollution.

The Lebanese writer that the Egyptian news (the establishment of the three giant stations) seemed "an additional slap to the Lebanese authority, which has been waiting since 1992 to reform the sector of ?? electricity and remains stuck, "he said. Billions of dollars in 26 years without receiving their right to electricity for 24 hours a day without interruption, according to an official report presented by the President of the Republic to the Council of Ministers before the end of the mandate of the government and transform it in business.

The author concludes his article by pointing out that there is a general feeling of frustration in Lebanon after the Egyptian experience in the construction of power plants, in light of these great differences between the two country in this folder.