Dabaa Power Plant to Reach 30 Percent Completion by 2025

On Thursday 29 August, the director general of Russia’s Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, announced significant progress on Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant project during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. Likhachev reported that by the end of the year, approximately 30 percent of the project will be completed, emphasizing its importance to Russia and the measures being taken to stay on schedule. What Do You Need to Know? The Dabaa plant is located in the Matrouh governorate, about 320 kilometers northwest of Cairo. It marks a historic milestone as Egypt’s first nuclear facility and the first in Africa since South Africa’s Koeberg plant, built 40 years ago. The establishment of the Dabaa plant represents a long-held national aspiration for nuclear energy. Former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser first pursued nuclear development in the 1950s, laying the groundwork for a vision that has faced many political and economic hurdles over the decades. With a projected budget of approximately USD 20 billion (EGP 970 billion) and a completion timeline targeting 2030, the Dabaa project aims to transform Egypt’s energy landscape. Once operational, the plant is expected to generate 4.8 gigawatts of electricity,…

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