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Egypt approves rules for factory solar programme

This dossier follows Egypt's factory solar programme, its rules, financing and implementation, distinguishing targets from operating capacity.

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Solar panels on a house in England, July 2025. Generic illustration; no Egyptian factory is shown.
Solar panels on a house in England, July 2025. Generic illustration; no Egyptian factory is shown. — Aethonatic / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ; 4 juillet 2025 ; sans modification.

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Egypt's government approved the conditions for the Shams El Sinaa factory solar initiative on 28 October 2026, according to accounts of its cabinet meeting.

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Egypt approves rules for factory solar programme

Egypt's government approved the conditions for the Shams El Sinaa factory solar initiative on 28 October 2026, according to accounts of its cabinet meeting.

Solar panels on a house in England, July 2025. Generic illustration; no Egyptian factory is shown.
Solar panels on a house in England, July 2025. Generic illustration; no Egyptian factory is shown. — Aethonatic / Wikimedia Commons — CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ; 4 juillet 2025 ; sans modification.

The programme targets around 1,000 megawatts for some 7,000 factories, subject to their technical and financial readiness. These are targets, with no newly commissioned capacity established.

The rules distinguish installations below 500 kilowatts from those reaching or exceeding that threshold. Smaller projects follow distribution companies' procedures; larger ones face grid-connection and financing requirements. The opening date for applications and detailed lending terms remain to be specified.

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