Egypt Releases New Law for Green Hydrogen Incentives

February 4, 2024
A new law is issued in Egypt under number 2 for 2024 regulating the Incentives for Green Hydrogen Projects and Its Derivatives (the “Law”). The law comes into force as of 28 January 2024. The Law defined the green h...

R&R in the public consultation sessions on the new Private-to-Private (P2P) rules for the electricity sector in Egypt

November 4, 2023
Our partner Dr. Fatma Salah participated in the public consultation sessions held by EgyptERA (with the support of EBRD) on the new Private-to-Private (P2P) rules for the electricity sector in Egypt.Riad & Riad ...

Riad & Riad Ranked in Chambers & Partners Global 2023 Guide

February 20, 2023
Riad & Riad has, once again, been recognized by Chambers and Partners in its Global 2023 guide for Project & Energy as well as the Commercial Contracts and Venture Capital in Egypt. Congratulations to partne...

Egypt – Rules for EV Charging Stations are Released

October 22, 2022
The Egyptian Electric Utility & Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (“Egypt ERA”) issued the rules (“Rules”) governing the operation of electric vehicles (“EV”) charging stations. The Rules applies on EV charg...

R&R is appointed as the Legal Counsel for the KfW/EU-financed project “Energy Efficiency in Public Universities”

September 20, 2022
Our partner Dr. Fatma Salah is selected as the local legal expert to support GOPA Infra GmbH, the winning bidder, in the  KfW/EU-financed project “Energy Efficiency in Public Universities". The project will identify...

Egypt Announces Prequalification for Desalination Projects

August 14, 2022
In light of the Egypt’s plan toward encouraging the participation of the private sector in developing seawater desalination projects (“Projects”), the Sovereign Fund of Egypt ("SFE") announced the desalination progr...

Egypt – Cabinet Confirms that Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia Projects can benefit from Tax Incentives under the Investment Law

June 19, 2022
The Prime Minister announced that companies operating in the following green energy project will benefit from the tax incentives stipulated under the Investment Law No. 72 for 2017: The production, storage and expor...

Legal Framework of Hydrogen Energy in Egypt – Opportunities and Challenges

June 16, 2022
Introduction Egypt adopted an ambitious energy diversification strategy. The strategy aims at ensuring the continuous security and stability of power supply, the diversification of energy resources and the optimum e...

Ahead of COP27 – Egypt Relaxes the Restrictions on Net Metering and Self Consumption Solar Plants

March 9, 2022
The Egyptian Electric Utility & Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (EgyptERA) issued Decree 6/2022 announcing new incentives aiming at encouraging more solar plants under (1) the net-metering system and...

Egypt’s Investment Regulations

November 20, 2021
IntroductionScope of ApplicationInvestment Law Objectives and PrinciplesInvestment GuaranteesInvestment IncentivesExpansion of Existing ProjectsCorporate Social ResponsibilityFDI Reporting RequirementsReturn of Priv...
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Electricity and Renewable Energy Regulations in Egypt

January 18, 2021
In July 2015, a new law for electricity has been issued (Law no. 87 of 2015) to regulate all electricity activities with the aim of replacing the current single buyer model and establishing a fully competitive elect...

Merger Fee on Solar Net-metering

October 4, 2020
The Egyptian Electricity Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency (EgyptERA) announced that it will apply a ‘merger fee’ to net-metered solar systems. The fee will be EGP 0.10-0.40/kWh on net-metered solar...