What is a large-scale energy storage project?

The project aims at providing the scientific, technological and policy basis required for the development and implementation of large-scale energy storage in Egypt, enabling increased penetration of renewable energy sources in the Egyptian energy system.

How much power does Egypt have?

Despite this, according to the most recent annual report issued in 2018 by the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), Egypt's total current installed power generation capacity is around 54.5 GW. Of this total generation capacity, renewable energy accounts only for 10% (IRENA, 2018b).

Does Egypt use solar energy?

In 2020, solar energy in Egypt accounted for 1.9% of its total electricity production, making it the second-highest renewable energy source. Egypt is the second country in Africa after South Africa in solar energy utilisation, ranked thirty-first worldwide (IRENA, 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.

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).

Can a solar dish power plant produce energy in Egypt?

Later, Abdelhady (2021) investigated the performance of a solar dish (SD) power plant from both technical and economic aspects under the Egyptian weather conditions near Aswan city in the south of Egypt. The analysis results estimated 105 GWh/y of energy production from a 50 MW plant with a levelised cost of energy of 0.14/kWh.