North Africa Renewable Energy Sustainable Development

Egypt President Calls for Acceleration of the RE Sector

April 13, 2022
  • The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, calls for Egypt’s expansion of renewable energy plans.
  • Egypt seeks to achieve 42% of its renewable energy electrical energy mix by 2035.

Egypt’s President has instructed the state to develop national renewable energy programs to maximize the value of renewable energy to diversify the country’s energy supply, including the expansion of wind energy through high-production units to generate electricity.

This was revealed during Sisi’s meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Mohamed Shaker, the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy. According to Egyptian presidency spokesperson Bassam Rady, the meeting evaluated projects from the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity across the country.

Shaker discussed national projects in the renewable energy sector, particularly those that rely on wind and solar energy, in collaboration and partnership with international experts. This forms part of Egypt’s integrated and sustainable energy policy, which seeks to achieve 42 per cent renewable energy in Egypt’s energy mix by 2035.

Following the national strategy, the minister also evaluated the newest advancements in partnership with long-standing worldwide experts in green hydrogen energy generation using renewable energy.

In light of the growing global interest in green hydrogen projects as a possible source of energy shortly, President Sisi urged increased efforts.

 

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