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Egypt imports electricity from Jordan
Jordan exported between 50 and 100 megawatts of electricity to Egypt through the Inter-Arab Electricity Network to cover a shortage, Al Masry Al Youm reported Thursday (September 2nd).
"We had to import some electricity from neighbouring countries in order to meet rising demand during peak times," said Aktham Abul Ela, a senior official at the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan are part of the shared Inter-Arab Electricity Network, and all three countries have experienced power shortages due to this summer's high temperatures.
"The total load on our national electricity grid has been affected by the heat waves," said Amin al-Zoghl, the operations manager at the Jordanian Ministry of Electricity.
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