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Renewable energy at the city of Hurghada
The City of Hurghada has:
• 4.8 MWp wind farm between Hurghada and Al-Gouna resort.
• A small solar power plant on the main Governorate’s building with 100 PV panels
with a capacity of 25 kWp.
• A 3-Km long light posts using solar energy with an installed capacity of 27 kWp.
The vision of the Governorate of the Red Sea is to expand its renewable energy production
tapping on the solar and wind potential to reduce its dependency on conventional energy
sources and cut CO2 emissions. Taking into account the fact that cost of PV installations is
going down year by year and considering the increasing cost of electricity in Egypt, return
on investment is now getting attractive (5 to 6 years), a special effort should be made to
speed up development of solar energy.
The Governorate of the Red Sea efforts in Sustainable energy is willing to contribute to
reaching the National Sustainable Energy Policy Roadmap and Targets:
- 22% of total electricity consumption sourced from renewables by 2022,
- 20% of total new electricity generation from renewables by 2020 (63% wind, 2% solar,
10% CSP, and 25% Hydro), and
- 80% of electricity demand from local generation by 2020.
Developing solar PV in five towns south of the Governorate can assist in boosting the local
economy. Considering the huge potential of development of this technology and taking
into account that installation and maintenance must rely on local companies, yet can
sustain local employment. Hence, the Governorate of the Red Sea is planning to move
forward to holistically improve sustainable energy production from clean sources. Thus,
to develop solar energy plants in the southern region of the Governorate of the Red Sea
(Al-Shalateen, Halayeb and Abou Ramad) in addition to use the none-utilised generated
power to feed the water desalination plant.
This action is to upgrade installed solar PV capacity from 13 MW to 35.25 MW:
• Increase Marsa Alam power plant capacity from 5 MW to 10 MW (no grid there),
• Increase power capacity of Al-Shalateen from 5 MW to 10 MW, and utilised the
power for support the water desalination plant in the town,
• Increase Halayeb power plant capacity from 1 MW to 5 MW,
• Increase Abou Ramad solar power plant from 2 MW to 10 MW,
• Provide a small solar power plant of 250 kWp generating capacity for the remote
nomadic residential settlements in Arab Saleh area.
General Objectives of the project
The “Energy Supply and Renewable Energy Development Plan” will be the Governorate of
the Red Sea’s strategic roadmap to improve energy supply, while reducing dependency
on fossil fuel and cut GHG emissions:
• Add 22.25 MW of renewable energy production in the southern region of the
Governorate, upgrading current installation or building new ones.
Status of the Action:
• New
• Planned
• Following previous
action.
• Reduce loads on the national grid,
• Contribute to build a sustainable energy strategy for the entire Governorate,
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