Egypt plans for the future.
Fossil fuels accounted for more than 90% of Egypt’s total energy consumption in 2016, but, as it looks towards the future, it is aiming to ensure that renewables account for at least 20% of supply by 2022 and 42% of supply by 2035. This latter target may well be updated ahead of COP27.
This week, renewable power company Lekela announced that its 250MW West Bakr wind farm near West Ghareb in Egypt is now operating commercially. The array took less than two years to complete and will boost Egypt’s wind power generation capacity by around one-fifth. Lekela has worked with the Egyptian government to ensure the new array will not affect migrating birds.
“With the construction being carried out almost entirely during the pandemic, it proves that sources of clean, reliable energy can be constructed even during the most challenging conditions,” said Lekela’s chief executive Chris Antonopoulos.