The European Union (EU) is expected to green-light a project that will see Egypt provide electricity to Greece through an undersea cable. Other European countries have already started the process to tap into the North African energy sector, notably the UK-Morocco and Italy-Tunisia projects. The latest involves Greece’s Copelouzos Group, which has applied to the EU to add an electrical interconnection project between Greece and Egypt to its list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs). Image Source: Copelouzos GroupIt will carry electricity from Egypt’s renewable energy sources and will supply residential consumers and businesses in Greece and neighbouring European countries. “In this way, our country will become an important energy hub for ‘green’ energy in the southeastern Mediterranean and Europe at large.
