Energy Β· Egypt
How much does El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant cost?
El Dabaa is Egypt's first nuclear power plant, four Russian VVER-1200 units of about 1,100 megawatts each being built by Rosatom on the Mediterranean coast. Construction of unit 1 started on 20 July 2022, unit 2 on 19 November 2022, unit 3 on 3 May 2023 and unit 4 on 23 January 2024. EnterpriseAM Egypt wrote in August 2026 that the project is estimated to cost 28.75 billion dollars, with a reported 25 billion dollar Russian state loan covering 85 percent of the cost.
Published project estimate
$28.75 billion
Cost basis: 2026
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Published project estimate
2026$28.75 billion
world-nuclear.orgFinancing amount
2016$25 billion
enterpriseam.comProject record
Construction started
World Nuclear Association20 July 2022