{"id":20584,"date":"2026-01-13T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/20584\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:10:06","slug":"abdelatty-scatec-ceo-discuss-green-hydrogen-and-africa-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/20584\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdelatty, Scatec CEO Discuss Green Hydrogen and Africa Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100064812882317\/posts\/1450210427149373\/?rdid=fiUQdBWubst7zWpM#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> met<\/a> with Terje Pilskog, CEO of Norway\u2019s Scatec, on January 13 to discuss expanding strategic investments in the renewable energy sector, according to a statement by the Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Abdelatty underscored the government\u2019s commitment to achieving a green economy and consolidating Egypt\u2019s position as a global hub for green hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Furthermore, he noted that Scatec\u2019s portfolio in Egypt is a cornerstone of this national strategy, specifically citing the landmark Obelisk solar power project in Nagaa Hammadi, Qena.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurated the first phase of the Obelisk project on January 12, marking a major advancement in domestic clean energy production.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The Obelisk project\u2019s first phase <a href=\"https:\/\/egyptoil-gas.com\/news\/madbouly-inaugurates-africas-largest-solar-plus-storage-project-in-qena\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">provides<\/a> 500 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity integrated with 200 megawatt-hours (MWh) of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), currently the largest installation of its kind in Africa.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">During the discussions, Abdelatty encouraged Scatec to expand its operational footprint in Egypt, particularly in projects aimed at exporting clean energy to Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">The two sides also explored opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Africa, focusing on developmental renewable energy projects to support the continent\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates, met with Terje Pilskog, CEO of Norway\u2019s Scatec,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[63],"class_list":{"0":"post-20584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa","8":"tag-africa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}