Cairo energy storage connector field

Can batteries solve Egypt's Electricity oversupply problem?

Egypt is exploring the potential of energy storage through batteries to combat our electricity oversupply problem: As Egypt continues to suffer from a major oversupply of electricity, the country is in need of new ways to tackle the issue.

Why is Egypt a good place to manufacture CSP components?

Additionally, Egypt has key strengths for manufacturing CSP components, including low labour cost, the low energy cost for the industrial sector, availability of glass and steel and strong manufacturing capability. Nonetheless, the manufacturing of RE technologies is challenged by the following factors:

Can Egypt transition from conventional to re energy resources?

This should allow for carrying out an energy transition from conventional to RE resources in Egypt; where a similar analysis has been carried out in Iran and allowed for developing five different energy systems focusing on the underlying RE production and efficiency improvements (Noorollahi et al., 2021).

Does Egypt still rely on conventional energy sources?

According to the rate of increase in the consumption of conventional energy sources in Egypt alongside the CO 2 emissions over the period from 1971 to 2016 (for 47 years as shown in Fig. 1) (The world bank, 2022), it is evident that Egypt is still relying primarily on the conventional energy resources. Fig. 1.

Is Egypt a good place to manufacture solar & wind energy components?

Increasing the local manufacturing share of various RE technologies provides a radical solution for this problem. Egypt has a substantial potential for manufacturing solar and wind energy components. For example, wind turbine towers are manufactured locally and hence they are cost-competitive in Egypt.