News - Egypt

		North African and Middle East Countries Poised to Upgrade Concentrated Solar Power Use with AfDB, World Bank, and CIF Support
		2013/04/11 The workshop presented an important opportunity for the five countries to discuss ways to deepen their effective use of CSP as a means to transform their national and regional energy paths.

		Egypt on Solar Energy World Map
		2013/03/14 Egypt receives annually 2,400 hrs of solar operation with high intensity of solar radiation equivalent to 2,600 KWh/m2.

		Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Solar Power Market Outlook, 2013-2017
		2013/02/13 The report offers solar energy (PV and Concentrating Solar Power) project details for each market along with country-specific demand forecasts to 2017.

		Concentrated Solar Power: China finds the light of the future in Morocco, Egypt
		2012/10/13 Concentrated solar power (CSP) is definitely a solution that the country is planning to develop, along the lines of “learning by doing.”

		Solar energy in Egypt
		2012/07/11 When compared to other sources of renewable energy including wind energy, concentrating solar power has other advantages such as storage capacity.

		MENA Concentrating Solar Power Scale-Up Initiative
		2012/06/28 Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia have joined together to expedite the deployment of concentrated solar power (CSP) and exploit the region's vast solar energy resources.

		Egypt: Younis - New Plan to Generate 3,500 Megawatts of Solar Energy Begins
		2012/06/10 Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis said that the electricity sector has started setting up the first Egyptian solar power plan with photovoltaic and concentrated solar power.

		Concentrating Solar Power in Egypt
		2012/05/25 The Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology has announced the launch of a pilot Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project to test units that can simultaneously produce electricity and desalinate water.

		Concentrating Solar Power in Egypt
		2012/03/01 The operations manager is Flagsol, the German company that specialises in building concentrated solar thermal power plants in the deserts of the US, Spain and now Egypt.

		The AfDB co-financing Ouarzazte concentrated solar power plant
		2011/12/31 The AfDB's Clean Technology Fund (CTF) pipeline for 2012 includes concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) projects in Kom Ombo, Egypt and Ouarzazate concentrated solar energy, Morocco.

		Egypt: Solar field of the hybrid power plant in Kuraymat exceeds expectations
		2011/09/24 Hybrid power plant with a capacity of 150 megawatts uses solar energy as well as natural gas and can be operated around the clock.Solar Millennium Group responsible for solar field technology.

		Kuraymat solar power plant to boost Egypt's power production
		2011/07/11 Spanning across the uninhabited desert landscape, the CSP plant will collect solar energy through a total mirror surface area of 130,000m2.

		Iberdrola starts up the Kuraymat power plant in Egypt, with a total capacity of 150 megawatts
		2011/07/09 The plant is an ISCC (Integrated Solar Combined Cycle) facility, which combines solar energy with a combined cycle gas plant, thus saving fuel and increasing the plant’s overall output.

		Following the Egyptian revolution, solar energy projects are picking up again
		2011/06/30 About 100 km south of Cairo lies Kuraymat, Egypt's first concentrated solar energy plant, which is expected to produce 120 MW.

		Egypt to generate 280 MWs of solar energy under 2012/2017 development plan
		2011/05/27 Egypt will produce 280 megawatts of solar power under a five-year development plan, according to Electricity and Energy Minister Hassan Yunis.

		Egypt Testing Concentrating Solar Power Plant
		2011/05/07 Experimental operation of Egypt’s solar-thermal power plant in Kuraimat, about 90 km south of Cairo, starts this week in preparation for getting it to work at full capacity by the end of 2011, the undersecretary of the m

		Morocco and Egypt projects hybrid concentrated solar power plants
		2011/04/01 The World Bank has partnered with Morocco and Egypt on two innovative projects that use a hybrid concentrated solar power (CSP) technology to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

		Egypt’s first Concentrating Solar Power plant goes into operation in Kuraymat
		2010/12/23 Solar Millennium’s subsidiary Flagsol has delivered the technology for the region’s first solar-thermal plant.

		Egypt to start first concentrated solar energy plant in february
		2010/12/15 The Concentrating Solar Power plant in Kuraymat, an uninhabited flat desert area about 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Cairo, will have a solar capacity of 20 megawatts.