Egypt's electricity network has fully recovered from a recent technical fault caused by underground cable damage, with authorities successfully installing a new backup power line to stabilise the affected station, electricity minister said Wednesday. The fault, which occurred in a 66-kilovolt underground cable buried two meters deep beneath an asphalt road, had disrupted service at a key power station. However, the facility itself remained structurally sound, maintaining its full generation capacity. "We replaced the faulty cables more than once, but the real solution came through establishing a new alternative power source," Minister of Electricity Mahmoud Esmat said, noting that the station is now transmitting 109 megawatts, up from 80 MW before the fix. The new line, sourced from the nearby Haram station and laid through a tunnel, enabled full restoration of service. Authorities also used the opportunity to provide a secondary power supply to an adjacent water station, ensuring service continuity for essential facilities. In parallel, Minister Esmat the ministry has deployed 97 emergency generators across strategic locations, including key service providers, in coordination with electricity distribution and transmission companies from both North and South Cairo. "Thanks to joint efforts and around-the-clock work by over 1,200 engineers and technicians, we completed 27 high-voltage cable joints in record time," Minister Esmat added. "This rapid response helped restore around 80 per cent of water station operations during the outage." Egypt's power grid includes more than 57,000 km of cables and transmission lines, which played a crucial role in rerouting electricity and maintaining overall supply during the incident. Attribution: Amwal Al Ghad English
