Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) together with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will co-organise the country’s first high-level renewable energy conference in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The three-day Egypt Renewable Energy Conference, held from October 9-11, will seek to advance renewables development in the country … Continue reading →High-Level Renewable Energy Conference to Advance Low-Carbon Development in Egypt

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Egypt’s giant sustainable wind farm, which is the “largest in the world” of its kind, according to the presidency spokesperson. The new $670 million wind farm has 290 turbines with a 580-megawatt (MW) capacity. The wind installations are located off Gabal el-Zeit along the Red Sea coast and are clustered … Continue reading →Egypt launches a massive wind farm!

As part of the Nile Delta protection project, currently implemented by Egypt in cooperation with the Green Climate Fund (GCF), an affiliate of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), a new detection system to monitor the impact of climate change along the Mediterranean shores is going to be established. Mohamed Abdel Ati, minister of irrigation … Continue reading →New monitoring system for climate change impacts on Egypt’s shores

Sunlight + Air = Water. It’s a befuddling equation, but it’s at the heart of a new solar hydropanel developed by Arizona-based startup Zero Mass Water. The company’s SOURCE panels can be installed atop any building just like standard photovoltaics, but instead of just harvesting solar energy, they use the sun’s rays to pull water … Continue reading →New rooftop solar hydropanels harvest drinking water and energy at the same time