Suez
By Shannon Roxborough on January 31, 2011
Tags: Suez, Sun, Egypt, USD, Egypt clean energy, Egypt renewable energy, Egypt solar, Egypt wind, Egyptian clean energy, Egyptian renewable energy Egypt protests, energy, Hosni Mubarak, Muhammad Ghafari
As financial markets are unsettled by the crisis in Egypt, the renewable energy industry is bracing for the prospect of continuing turmoil that could have a lingering impact on everything from current Egyptian cleantech projects to the future of solar and wind in the Mi
By Harry Tournemille on September 17, 2009
Tags: Suez, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Puerto Rico, Spain, build-operate-own wind projects, Cairo, Egypt, Fossil Fuel Supply, National Renewable Energy Authority, NREA, RCREEE, Regional Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, renewable energy, Wind Atlas for Egypt, wind energy, wind power, Ameen Mohammad, electricity, energy, Fathy Ameen Mohammad, oil and gas
Egypt relies on the burning of fossil fuels to satisfy about 85 percent of its electricity requirements--which are growing at a rate of 8 percent per year. With the Arab country's fossil fuel supply expected to dry up within the next 30-50 years, policy makers are taking a close look at Wind Energy to calculate its potential.
