14 entities participate in project to build capacity of geothermal energy in Egypt

14 entities participate in project to build capacity of geothermal energy in Egypt

Fourteen Egyptian and international entities are participating in a project to build the capacity of geothermal energy in Egypt, which aims to implement projects in cooperation between the government and the private sector in the coming period.

The participating parties include the New and Renewable Energy Authority, Suez Canal University, Ain Shams University, Cairo University, Aswan University, Giorinco Company, South Valley Company, Egyptian-Japanese University, Bologna University, Bunyan Company, Ecoforest, and Taylor.

The project includes a full conceptualization of the exploitation of potentials in Egypt to implement projects, and the implementation of the first postgraduate diploma in geothermal energy engineering in Egypt on the basis of European standards.

Mohamed El-Khayyat, Chairperson of the New and Renewable Energy Authority, said that the main objective of the diploma is to provide the local market with its demand of qualified graduates in the field of geothermal energy investigation, system design and project management with available technologies dedicated to the various applications of geothermal energy.

He explained that it is planned to establish the first pioneering educational station in the field of geothermal energy in Egypt, in addition to establishing integrated geothermal laboratories in the participating Egyptian higher education institutions.

The Egypt Geothermal Capacity Building Project seeks to develop stronger