President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has permitted a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a grant price 300,000 Kuwaiti dinars from the Arab Fund for Financial and Social Growth (AFESD) to finance a feasibility research geared toward growing the capability of the electrical energy interconnection line between Egypt and Jordan, based on Al Ahram citing the official Gazette.
The approval was issued below Presidential Decree No. 568 of 2025 and got here after acquiring Cupboard approval, parliamentary endorsement on March 30, 2026, and presidential ratification on April 5, 2026.
Egypt exported 306.08 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electrical energy to Jordan throughout 2025, producing whole revenues of roughly $28.26 million.
The Jordan-Egypt electrical interconnection, operational since 1999, consists of a 400-kilovolt submarine cable spanning 13 kilometers throughout the Gulf of Aqaba with a present capability of 500 MW. The connection is a part of the Eight-Nation Interconnection Mission, which incorporates Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Libya, and Turkey.
