The High Dam in Egypt is awaiting an important project aimed at replacing and renewing 12 electrical transformers that have not been renewed since 1965. It aims to maintain its production efficiency of electricity, as it contributes to saving the national grid in the event of any malfunction.

The head of the Hydroelectric Power Stations Company, Engineer Hisham Kamal, stated that the High Dam plays a major and fundamental role in the production of electricity. It includes the largest hydroelectric power station in Africa, with a total capacity of about 2,100 megawatts.

The High Dam contains 12 turbines with a production capacity of about 175 megawatts per turbine, and it is considered one of the most important projects for generating electricity from hydroelectric power in 60 years, despite the establishment of other projects over the past years, at the forefront of which are the stations of the German company Siemens.

Hisham Kamal announced that the process of producing electricity at the High Dam began with the establishment of the Aswan Reservoir Station in 1960, with a production capacity of about 340 megawatts, then the Dam Station in 1968, with a production capacity of about 2,100 megawatts.

Expansion work began in 1985, when the Aswan 2 reservoir station was established, with a production capacity of 270 megawatts, then the Esna and Naga Hammadi barrage stations and the Naga Hammadi barrage electricity stations, with a production capacity of about 64 megawatts in 2006.

The High Dam plays an important role in treating any defect in the national network. This is done in the event that any of the electricity units exit the network at the state level. There is a plan to develop the dam’s power stations, which is considered one of the largest development programs. Electricity production stations were developed and modernized through the establishment of 5 projects aimed at raising the efficiency of the energy-producing units at the dam’s power stations. There is a project aimed at replacing and renovating 12 transformers at the High Dam station. It is considered Russian-made and has not witnessed development since 1965. Its cost amounted to about 50 million. Euros, in addition to the project to rehabilitate the excitation system and voltage regulator for Units 8 and 9 of Aswan First Station.

The Water Power Stations Company owns 6 stations whose goal is to generate electricity from water. There are 3 electricity generation stations in Aswan, which are the High Dam Generating Station, with a production capacity of about 2,100 megawatts, the Aswan 1 station, which is one of the oldest stations, as it was established in 1960, and its production capacity is about 280 megawatts, and the Aswan Station. 2, which was established in 1985 and has a production capacity of about 270 megawatts.

There is the Esna power station, which was established in 1993, and its production capacity is about 85 megawatts, and the Assiut power station, which was established in 2018, and its production capacity is about 32 megawatts, and the production capacity of the 6 stations is about 2,832 megawatts.

The High Dam contributes to generating electricity in Africa at a rate of 7.2% of the total electricity in Egypt, which contributes to creating a balance in the network at the state level. The amount of electrical energy produced from the dam station is currently being increased, as its production capacity will reach about 2,400 megawatts by 2027. This number is considered small, despite the advantage of water stations over fuel stations, which is stability.

It is expected that a gap will occur when any station or unit exits the unified national network, as the role of the water stations comes to compensate for the deficit within less than 30 seconds. The High Dam represented about 35% of Egypt’s needs in 1967, when it was then 5 megawatts and 444 kilovolts, and production is considered The High Dam has about 5 megawatts.

The capabilities of the High Dam have increased and have not stopped producing for a day. The amount of water that reaches Egypt currently has not affected its production of electricity, and Egypt benefits from every drop of water that comes to us. The dam is operating at full capacity and has a water reserve estimated at about 500 kilometers, and the lake accommodates 165 billion cubic meters of water. Water.

The High Dam produces more than 1,400 megawatts every day with high efficiency and capacity, and all water stations operate at full capacity, as the Esna station produces 84 megawatts every day, and as for the Naga Hammadi station, its production capacity is 65 megawatts, and the Assiut station represents about 32 megawatts per day.