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are enshrined in a strategy, known as the Integrated Sustainable Energy
Strategy (ISES) to 2035, to ensure the continuous security and stability
of the country’s energy supply.
Egypt is, therefore, committed to the widespread deployment of
renewable energy technologies. To date, the country’s total installed
capacity of renewables amounts to 3.7 gigawatts (GW), including 2.8
GW of hydropower and around 0.9 GW of solar and wind power. As
specified in the ISES to 2035, the Egyptian Government has set renewable energy targets of 20% of the electricity mix by 2022 and 42% by
2035.
7
In this chapter, we will address the governance of the Egyptian energy
sector, and then we shall demonstrate the key Legal measures and policies
in place that address the promotion and management of renewable forms
of energy and energy efficiency in the country including the various clean
energy schemes. Moreover, this chapter will identify the key challenges
hindering renewable energy development in the country. Eventually, the
last sections are dedicated to focusing on some initiatives and measures
adopted by the Egyptian Government that promote the transition to a
low-carbon economy in Egypt.
8.2 The Institutional Structure
of the Egyptian Energy Sector
The overall governance of the Egyptian energy sector is guided at the
strategy and policy level by directions issued by the Supreme Energy
Council (SEC) and is managed at the execution level by the Ministry
of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOP) and the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MOERE). The corresponding sections
below provide an overview of the responsibilities of these three entities.
7 The ISES is a promising strategy set by the Egyptian Government envisaging certain levels for
diversification in the Energy Mix and Electricity Production. Referred to in the Annual Report
of New and Renewable energy Authority, 2018, see also “Renewable Energy Outlook Egypt”,
IRENA and NREA, 2018, Executive Summary.
M. Elshazly
are enshrined in a strategy, known as the Integrated Sustainable Energy
Strategy (ISES) to 2035, to ensure the continuous security and stability
of the country’s energy supply.
Egypt is, therefore, committed to the widespread deployment of
renewable energy technologies. To date, the country’s total installed
capacity of renewables amounts to 3.7 gigawatts (GW), including 2.8
GW of hydropower and around 0.9 GW of solar and wind power. As
specified in the ISES to 2035, the Egyptian Government has set renewable energy targets of 20% of the electricity mix by 2022 and 42% by
2035.
7
In this chapter, we will address the governance of the Egyptian energy
sector, and then we shall demonstrate the key Legal measures and policies
in place that address the promotion and management of renewable forms
of energy and energy efficiency in the country including the various clean
energy schemes. Moreover, this chapter will identify the key challenges
hindering renewable energy development in the country. Eventually, the
last sections are dedicated to focusing on some initiatives and measures
adopted by the Egyptian Government that promote the transition to a
low-carbon economy in Egypt.
8.2 The Institutional Structure
of the Egyptian Energy Sector
The overall governance of the Egyptian energy sector is guided at the
strategy and policy level by directions issued by the Supreme Energy
Council (SEC) and is managed at the execution level by the Ministry
of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MOP) and the Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy (MOERE). The corresponding sections
below provide an overview of the responsibilities of these three entities.
7 The ISES is a promising strategy set by the Egyptian Government envisaging certain levels for
diversification in the Energy Mix and Electricity Production. Referred to in the Annual Report
of New and Renewable energy Authority, 2018, see also “Renewable Energy Outlook Egypt”,
IRENA and NREA, 2018, Executive Summary.