{"id":"egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","canonicalSlug":"egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","language":"en","title":"BME and CATL sign Egypt battery plant agreement","summary":"Egyptian battery maker BME and China’s CATL signed a contract on September 13 to establish a battery systems plant. The first phase is planned for annual capacity of 1 gigawatt-hour and investment above EGP 2 billion, reported by SIS as about US$39 million.","body":["Egyptian battery maker BME and China’s CATL signed a contract on September 13 to establish a battery systems plant. The first phase is planned for annual capacity of 1 gigawatt-hour and investment above EGP 2 billion, reported by SIS as about US$39 million.","A second phase is planned to raise annual capacity to 5 gigawatt-hours and add passenger-car and renewable-energy storage batteries. The project targets 40% local content. The government said the facility is expected to supply both domestic and foreign markets."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"BME and CATL sign Egypt battery plant agreement\n\nEgyptian battery maker BME and China’s CATL signed a contract on September 13 to establish a battery systems plant. The first phase is planned for annual capacity of 1 gigawatt-hour and investment above EGP 2 billion, reported by SIS as about US$39 million.\n\nEgyptian battery maker BME and China’s CATL signed a contract on September 13 to establish a battery systems plant. The first phase is planned for annual capacity of 1 gigawatt-hour and investment above EGP 2 billion, reported by SIS as about US$39 million.\n\nA second phase is planned to raise annual capacity to 5 gigawatt-hours and add passenger-car and renewable-energy storage batteries. The project targets 40% local content. The government said the facility is expected to supply both domestic and foreign markets.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-13","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T18:31:00Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-05T18:31:00Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-13","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"State Information Service of Egypt","url":"https://sis.gov.eg/en/media-center/news/pm-witnesses-signing-of-contract-to-build-plant-for-electric-batteries","checkedAt":"2026-10-05","publishedAt":"2026-09-13"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/egypt-catl-bme-battery-plant-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}