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Section I: Governorate climate and energy strategy
1. Introduction
The sustainable energy and climate action plan (SECAP) is a strategic document as well as an operational tool.
It defines a global framework, with quantifiable objectives to be reached by 2030, based on emissions
reference inventory (BEI) and the detailed assessment of energy consumption.
Before providing a detailed account of the concrete measures undertaken to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and promote the development of sustainable energy, it is essential to describe the overall
Governorate strategy and its connection with the national energy transition and climate change mitigation
policies. Being mostly dependant on imported energy, Egypt will benefit from converging efforts to reduce
energy consumption in all sectors and develop energy production from all renewable sources available.
2. National strategy
2.1. Main ambitions and framing regulations
At the national level, there are many initiatives, policies, guidelines, programs and projects that have been
designed and implemented by the Egyptian governmental with the support of public institutions,
international funders, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.
Egypt developed its sustainable energy policy road map with the aim to increase the operating and technical
efficiency of distribution utilities, improve energy conservation and load management and diversify the
sources of the regional electricity supply. The goals of this roadmap are three folds:
1. 22% of total electricity consumption sourced from renewables by 2022.
2. 20% of total new electricity generation from renewables by
3. This 20% is 63% from wind, 2% Solar, 10% CSP, and 25% Hydro).
4. 80% of electricity demand from local generation (of all fuels) by 2020. It was 88.4% in 2015.
The Egyptian Government has set plans to increase the share of Renewable Energies (RE) in its electricity
supply from the current 9 per cent to 20 per cent by 2020. Many laws, by-laws, regulations and decrees have
been developed and endorsed. Given that RE only made up 2 per cent of the total energy mix in 2012, and
that Energy Efficiency (EE) measures were not yet deployed at a large scale, the targets are ambitious,
indicating a strong political will to reduce the energy consumption.
In accordance with this ambition, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Comprehensive Law (EG-
REEEL) No. 203 of year 2014 has been developed to promote RE self-consumption, which has a
comprehensive basis for supporting schemes and incentives and promote the use of renewable energy. The
EG-REEEL is a unique law made specifically for the MENA region, since it is a dedicated and comprehensive
law with incentives for the private sector to invest in RE. This law proved that REEE has been effective in
increasing renewable power capacity and has put the country on track to meet its RE target of 20 per cent
by 2020. The New and Renewable Energy Agency (NREA) has been actively promoting large-scale wind and
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