Current Renewable Energy Potential in Egypt

Egypt aims to increase the share of renewable energy in electricity generation to 42% by 2035, compared to 20% in 2022. This strategy is based

ANNUAL REPORT 2024

For the ninth consecutive year, renewable energy capacities continue their steady growth across guarded Egypt.

Renewable energy sector in Egypt

But how much progress has Egypt made in expanding its renewable energy capacity, and can it sustain this growth in the years ahead?

Egypt aims for 42% clean energy share by 2030

A sample weather app Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment Manal Awad asserted Egypt''s significant steps toward diversifying its energy mix, aiming for 42%

Overview of the energy market

Traditionally reliant on fossil fuels, the country now pursues an ambitious strategy to significantly increase the share of solar, wind, and green hydrogen in its energy

Egypt Scales Up Wind and Solar Capacity

Analysts note that the Red Sea corridor remains central to Egypt''s ambitions to scale up wind generation capacity and integrate intermittent renewables into the national grid.

Country Analysis Brief: Egypt

Growth in electricity capacity derived from non-hydroelectric renewable sources, such as solar and wind, was also substantial; non-hydroelectric renewable electricity capacity reached 3.4 GW in 2022,

Egypt

Egypt''s largest source of clean electricity is hydro (6%). Its share of wind and solar (4.8%) is less than a third of the global average (15%). Egypt relied on fossil fuels for 89% of its electricity in

Arab Republic of Egypt Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy

Sustainability, promoting energy efficiency as an energy source, introducing energy storage technologies, and actively participating in regional electricity interconnection projects, positioning