The Egyptian government, through the electricity ministry, intends to generate 300 megawatts (MW) of power from waste-to-energy (WTE) projects by the end of 2025, Al Mal News cited unnamed officials on December 27th.

About 4.2 million tons of solid waste will be transformed into energy, using the latest technologies, according to the officials.

The private sector is expected to play a key role in this process, the sources said, noting that the planned tender will be executed through the build, own, operate (BOO) system.

Egypt currently generates 13 MW of electricity from WTE, with the number of companies operating in this field not exceeding three to five entities, the news portal added.

The ministries of international cooperation, environment, and local development discussed last September ways to pursue funding for the WTE system.

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