CHAPTER 7
Electricity Sector Developments in Egypt:
Toward an Increasingly Clean
and Independent Future
Michael Hochberg
Introduction
In developing economies, advancement in renewable energy often occurs
when it must. When the perceived costs of maintaining the status quo
energy landscape outweigh the projected costs of working toward a
M. Hochberg (B)
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, UK
e-mail: michael.hochberg@oxfordenergy.org
URL: https://www.oxfordenergy.org/
Hecate Energy, Chicago, IL, USA
URL: https://www.hecateenergy.com
Clean Energy Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL, USA
URL: https://www.cleanenergyleaders.org
Securing America’s Future Energy, New York, NY, USA
URL: https://www.secureenergy.org
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Switzerland AG 2021
R. Mills and L.-C. Sim (eds.), Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East
and North Africa, International Political Economy Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59554-8_7
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Electricity Sector Developments in Egypt:
Toward an Increasingly Clean
and Independent Future
Michael Hochberg
Introduction
In developing economies, advancement in renewable energy often occurs
when it must. When the perceived costs of maintaining the status quo
energy landscape outweigh the projected costs of working toward a
M. Hochberg (B)
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Oxford, UK
e-mail: michael.hochberg@oxfordenergy.org
URL: https://www.oxfordenergy.org/
Hecate Energy, Chicago, IL, USA
URL: https://www.hecateenergy.com
Clean Energy Leadership Institute, Chicago, IL, USA
URL: https://www.cleanenergyleaders.org
Securing America’s Future Energy, New York, NY, USA
URL: https://www.secureenergy.org
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature
Switzerland AG 2021
R. Mills and L.-C. Sim (eds.), Low Carbon Energy in the Middle East
and North Africa, International Political Economy Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59554-8_7
185