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Egypt’s power crisis worsens as outages approach five hours

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The electricity deficit reached approximately 6,180MW on Monday, resulting in power outages for periods exceeding five hours daily, said an official at the Ministry of Electricity.

A 1900MW portion of the deficit resulted from a shortage of 8m cubic metres of gas and equivalent while another 2500MW was attributed to poor technical conditions at power stations, partially a result of failure to carry out the necessary maintenance and repair operations.

The deficit increased by approximately 1700MW as a result of a rise in the sulphur content of fuel oil supplied to the plants. This led to clogs in fuel oil heaters and reduced efficiency, according to the official.

Power plant consumption rates reached 116m cubic metres of gas and equivalent daily while actual needs are estimated to be approximately 125m cubic metres, the official said.

The deficit for fuel supplied to stations this month increased to approximately 8m cubic metres of gas and equivalent daily compared to 7m last month.

Power stations currently obtain 84m cubic metres of gas per day, 27,000 tonnes of fuel oil, and 3,000 tonnes of diesel, the official said.

The electricity crisis faced by Egypt was exacerbated by utilisation of fuel oil supplies that failed to meet factory specifications, poor technical conditions within power plants, and widespread failure to conduct regular maintenance and repair operations. Some stations operate at no more than 25% of capacity, according to the official.

The official confirmed that the Ministry of Electricity currently receives 70% of gas produced in Egyptian oil fields, which has led to a number of factories receiving reduced gas supplies and others none at all, the official said.

Source: http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/08/1 ... s-per-day/


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"Exceeding five hours daily" yep that sounds about right, just had my 7th of the day each lasting about 1 hour. Expecting another in about an hour. Getting a lot of reading done by torchlight and as soon as the power comes back on you would think I were a gazelle, leap up and put the kettle on.
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carrie wrote:"Exceeding five hours daily" yep that sounds about right, just had my 7th of the day each lasting about 1 hour. Expecting another in about an hour. Getting a lot of reading done by torchlight and as soon as the power comes back on you would think I were a gazelle, leap up and put the kettle on.
Never live without a gas kettle, you know it makes sense. :up
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