An agreement was made with Siemens, a German company, to implement power stations in Beni Suef, the New Administrative Capital, and Borollos by mid 2018.

[2] The Aswan Dam, inaugurated in 1971, "can generate 10 billion kilowatt-hours annually.".

[3] A new high dam to pump and store water to produce electricity in Ataka was in the works in mid 2017 in conjunction with Sinohydro, a Chinese company.

[2][4] In 2015, Egypt began negotiations with Russian company Rosatom, for building a nuclear power plant in Dabaa and by the end of 2016, the ministry and the company were in their final negotiations on the deal.

[2] Eni, an Italian company is working on the large petrol field discovered in Egypt in 2015.