Cairo North power plant

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Cairo North power plant (محطة كهرباء شمال القاهرة المركبة) is a 1500-megawatt (MW) operating power station in El-Zawya El-Hamraa, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, fueled by fuel oil and gas.

Project Details

Table 1: Unit-level details for Cairo North power plant

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP[1] Start year Retired year
1 operating[2] fuel oil, gas[3][4] 750 MW combined cycle[4] not found 2008[5][2]
2 operating[2] fuel oil, gas[4] 750 MW combined cycle not found 2008[5][2]

Table 2: Unit-level ownership details for Cairo North power plant

Unit name Operator Owner Parent
1 Cairo Electricity Production Company[100.0%][4] Egyptian Electricity Holding Company[100.0%][6]
2 Cairo Electricity Production Company[100.0%][4] Egyptian Electricity Holding Company[100.0%][6]

Plant-level captive use details for Cairo North power plant power station

  • Captive use: Power[7]
  • Non-industry use: Power[7]

Location

Table 3: Plant-level location details for Cairo North power plant

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cairo North power plant El-Zawya El-Hamraa, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt 30.1027, 31.2684 (exact)[2][8]

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References

  1. CHP = Combined Heat and Power
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "www.cairoepc.com/caironorth.html". Archived from the original on July 14, 2021.
  3. "www.moee.gov.eg/english_new/EEHC_Rep/finalaEN19-20.pdf" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "www.pgesco.com/projects/cairo-north-i-ii-power-plant-2-x-750-mw/". Archived from the original on June 25, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "www.egyptrol.com/EEHC-egypt-electricity-power-plants-production.php". Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "www.cairoepc.com/EN/moechart.html". Archived from the original on April 9, 2019.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ref_5
  8. https://www.google.com/maps/place/30%C2%B006'09.7%22N+31%C2%B016'06.2%22E/@30.1025988,31.2663725,16.97z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x55dad348191d1664!8m2!3d30.1027!4d31.2684. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)