Featured in From the ground up – 04-2024

Take-off at last for Egyptian PV?

The gigawatt-scale Benban project showcases Egypt’s solar potential and premium prices for gas exports make the case for a more diverse energy mix. A nation with grand renewables targets – but slow installation rates – may finally be weaning itself off fossil fuel resources.
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The Benban project, 50 km from Aswan, provides a large chunk of Egypt’s current solar capacity. | Photo: Scatec

 Egypt was one of the first African countries to develop large scale renewable energy projects and had 555 MW of wind power generation capacity by 2012. That was the result of donor support, however, rather than a push by the Egyptian government to tap its plentiful renewable energy resources. The world’s three biggest combined cycle …

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