130218_Luxor-Egypt SECAP Final

• Energy efficiency is the cornerstone for policy makers to decouple energy demand and economic
growth.
Implementation plan
Component 1: The Governorate of Luxor needs to get a more sophisticated understanding of water mobility
and use of cruise boats for tourism and issues to be solved.
Component 2: From the detailed description of issues at stake, the plan will draw strategic priorities with a
double objective in mind – improve boats sustainable operation and reducing their environmental footprint.
This could include:
• Establish a coordination unit/organisation of tourist boats and water mobility needs and policies, while
prioritising collective action to change mind set of boats owners such as cruise boats companies and
small passenger boats regarding the possible optimization of boats occupancy to reduce the number
of cruise boats not traveling at full capacity, and the benefits of not using diesel and instead use cleaner
energy,
• Structure the plan to convert boats and docksides in phases, (switch to natural gas and improve energy
efficiency on board and use SWH and Solar PV),
• Explore innovative solutions and technologies that would significantly change tourist cruise and small
passenger boats,
• Develop incentives as well as regulatory measures adding constraints on the use of private motor boats
run by diesel and making it a more attractive choice to use natural gas instead, and
• Implement a common methodology to measure GHG emissions, report on them and monitor all other
benefits deriving from the development of sustainable boat operations by natural gas.
Component 3: Engines conversion to CNG.
Tourist Cruise Boat
Each cruise boat consumes per weekly journey about 10-15,000 litres of diesels. Assuming each boat will
make 4 journeys per month, each cruise boat will make 16-20 journeys per year during high seasons (3-5
months). The total diesel consumed per boat and per year is estimated as follows (minimum and maximum):
Minimum diesel consumption per Cruise boat/year = 16 x 10,000 = 160,000 litres = 136 t = 376,000 EGP =
18,297 €
Maximum diesel consumption per Cruise boat/year = 20 x 15,000 = 300,000 litres = 255 t = 705,000 EGP =
34,306 €
This means that CO 2 emission per boat and per season vary between 429 and 804 tCO 2eq.
When switching from diesel to NG, energy consumption grows by a factor 1,1 due to less engine efficiency.
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