Many developing countries with sun-baked deserts are investing in concentrated solar power, or CSP. While the climatic conditions are right for the technology, these countries face challenges in making CSP viable. These include financing and risk mitigation, reducing costs, and building local capacity, among others. A group of energy policymakers and practitioners from Morocco, Egypt, … Continue reading Strong Policy Framework Needed for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
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Egypt to receive bids for construction of first solar power plant
According to a report released by the Ministry of Electricity, the project is part of the Ministry’s five-year (2012-2017) solar energy plan. The plan will seek to increase Egypt’s energy production by 3,500 megawatts, 2,800 of which will be produced using concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, with the remaining 700 megawatts produced via photovoltaic … Continue reading Egypt to receive bids for construction of first solar power plant
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Wind energy in Egypt: 200 MW Wind Farm to Be Established in Suez Gulf
Minister of Electricity and Energy Ahmed Emam spoke about an agreement between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates to establish new ventures in the fields of electricity and renewable energy. The Minister asserted that procedures will be taken within days to establish the first joint company between the two countries to produce new and renewable … Continue reading Wind energy in Egypt: 200 MW Wind Farm to Be Established in Suez Gulf
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Wind energy in Egypt: six new wind farms
Local and international companies express interest in tender for wind energy projects issued by the government. Twenty four Egyptian and international companies have purchased tender documents for a wind power project to establish six new wind farms, Alborsa has reported. Interested companies included El Sewedy Industries Group, Heavy Industries Services Co. (HISCO), Chinese HTG Development … Continue reading Wind energy in Egypt: six new wind farms
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Wind energy in Egypt: Bids to open next week for building 250 megawatt wind farm
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy announced that it would begin accepting offers for the construction of a 250 megawatt windfarm next week, to administered as part of a Build, Operate, Own (BOO) scheme. Electricity and Energy Minister Ahmed Imam said that the country
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Egypt on Solar Energy World Map
Egypt receives annually 2,400 hrs of solar operation with high intensity of solar radiation equivalent to 2,600 KWh/m2. Egyptian electricity consumption statistics show that Cairo is among the world’s most lively and brightly lit cities, with extremely high levels of energy consumed for lighting up households and streets. The required levels of energy often … Continue reading Egypt on Solar Energy World Map
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Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Solar Energy Market Outlook, 2013-2017
The report offers solar energy (PV and Concentrating Solar Power) project details for each market along with country-specific demand forecasts to 2017. The MENA region possesses the greatest technical potential for renewable energy in the world with much of this potential attributed to solar power. This potential is now starting to be more seriously considered, … Continue reading Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Solar Energy Market Outlook, 2013-2017
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Wind Power Plant to Be Set Up in Gabel El-Zeit (Egypt)
The Ministry of Electricity & Energy is putting up a tender early next year for the establishment of a 200-megawatt wind farm in Gabal el-Zeit area in the Gulf of Suez at a total cost of LE2.8 bn. The project, to be operated and linked to the national power grid in April 2014, aims to … Continue reading Wind Power Plant to Be Set Up in Gabel El-Zeit (Egypt)
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Egypt must look to the solar power
Egypt receives about six kilowatts/hour per square metre for nine hours or so per day from the sun. What this means is that a square kilometre of land, if equipped from end to end with solar panels, could offer us 60 million kilowatts of energy per day, enough to light up a few residential blocks. … Continue reading Egypt must look to the solar power
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