Egypt on energy transition track – Egypttoday

Egypt on energy transition track – Egypttoday

In Egypt, the price of electricity produced by renewable projects has been steadily decreasing across the past several years to become more competitive than conventional fossil fuel sources.. As mentioned above, Egypt does not only depend on renewable energy, despite working on increasing its percentage, through establishing new and renewable projects, the state also achieved self-sufficiency in natural gas.. Hamrawein is the first coal-fired plant in Egypt with a production capacity of 6,000 megawatts, which makes it the biggest coal power plant in the world.. In attempt to increase the percentage of generating power through renewable energy, Egypt built a hydroelectricity power plant, a nuclear power plant, a wind farm, and a solar power plant.. Egypt has started building the biggest wind farm in the world in the Gabal el-Zeit area of the Red Sea governorate.. The first completed project contains 120 turbines with a capacity of 240 megawatts, while the second and third projects will have 110 turbines with a capacity of 220 megawatts and 60 turbines with a capacity of 120 megawatts, respectively.. Solar power: Benban Solar ParkBenban plant includes 32 stations producing electricity with a capacity of 1,465 megawatts from solar energy.. The project is considered the