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Egypt, UAE Sign Deal to Produce Electricity with $10b Worth of Investments

A microbus passes between giant blades to generate electricity with the wind in the Egyptian Red Sea Governorate. (Reuters) 
A microbus passes between giant blades to generate electricity with the wind in the Egyptian Red Sea Governorate. (Reuters) 
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Egypt, UAE Sign Deal to Produce Electricity with $10b Worth of Investments

A microbus passes between giant blades to generate electricity with the wind in the Egyptian Red Sea Governorate. (Reuters) 
A microbus passes between giant blades to generate electricity with the wind in the Egyptian Red Sea Governorate. (Reuters) 

Egypt and the UAE signed a deal Tuesday for a wind energy project to produce electricity, with direct investments of more than $10 billion.

Middle East News Agency reported that Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Emirati Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Al Jaber attended the signing of the project.

The project has a production capacity of 10 gigawatts.

It will be developed by a consortium led by Masdar and including Infinity Power and Hassan Allam Utilities.

CEO of Masdar Mohammed Al-Ramahi said during a press conference broadcast by the Egyptian state channel, that the project would bring direct investments of more than $10 billion and would save $5 billion worth of gas used annually to generate electricity.

Ramahi added that fossil fuel would contribute to providing energy sources, noting that renewable energy transmission needs decades.

This transmission would occur in phases to ensure energy security and the economic feasibility of using the energy sources within a diverse portfolio that protects the environment, he added.

This agreement is part of the MoU signed between the two countries during COP27 which was held in Sharm Sheikh in November.

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Washington Urges Israel to Extend Cooperation with Palestinian Banks

A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)
A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)
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Washington Urges Israel to Extend Cooperation with Palestinian Banks

A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)
A West Bank Jewish settlement is seen in the background, while a protestor waves a Palestinian flag during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank village of Bilin in 2012. (AP)

The United States on Thursday called on Israel to extend its cooperation with Palestinian banks for another year, to avoid blocking vital transactions in the occupied West Bank.

"I am glad that Israel has allowed its banks to continue cooperating with Palestinian banks, but I remain convinced that a one-year extension of the waiver to facilitate this cooperation is needed," US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday, on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Rio de Janeiro.

In May, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich threatened to cut off a vital banking channel between Israel and the West Bank in response to three European countries recognizing the State of Palestine.

On June 30, however, Smotrich extended a waiver that allows cooperation between Israel's banking system and Palestinian banks in the occupied West Bank for four months, according to Israeli media, according to AFP.

The Times of Israel newspaper reported that the decision on the waiver was made at a cabinet meeting in a "move that saw Israel legalize several West Bank settlement outposts."

The waiver was due to expire at the end of June, and the extension permitted Israeli banks to process payments for salaries and services to the Palestinian Authority in shekels, averting a blow to a Palestinian economy already devastated by the war in Gaza.

The Israeli threat raised serious concerns in the United States, which said at the time it feared "a humanitarian crisis" if banking ties were cut.

According to Washington, these banking channels are key to nearly $8 billion of imports from Israel to the West Bank, including electricity, water, fuel and food.