October 2010

ORGANIZATION CHART OF MINISTRY OF

ELECTRICITY & ENERGY

Egyptian Electricity Nuclear Materials

Holding Company Authority

Rural Electrification
Authority Nuclear Power
Plants Authority

Hydro Power Projects Atomic Energy

Execution Authority Authority

New & Renewable

Energy Authority NREA
Institutional framework:
Establishing NREA (1986)

The national focal point to develop and introduce

renewable energy technologies to Egypt on a
commercial scale together with implementation of
related energy conservation programs
 National Strategy up to 2020

In February 2008, the Supreme Council of Energy approved an ambitious

plan to:

Satisfy 20% of the generated electricity by

renewable energies by 2020, including :
12 % from wind energy,
8 % from hydro, Solar, and others,

65%
 National Strategy up to 2020

1.Wind
1. Wind Energy

To satisfy 12 % of the generated electricity by wind energy by 2020

It means reaching more than 7200 MW grid-

connected wind farms.
600 Mw/year
Possible tracks

Governmental projects 35%

65%

Private investments
 Resource Assessment

Egypt Wind Map, Wind Atlas of Gulf of Wind Atlas of Egypt,

1987 Suez, 1996 - 2003 2005

In cooperation w ith USAID In cooperation w ith Risoe In cooperation w ith Risoe

(Denm ark) & EMA (Denm ark) & EMA
 Egypt enjoys excellent wind regimes,
particularly in the Suez Gulf where the
average wind speed reaches 10.5
m/sec.

The wind energy resource is available

in large regions on the Nile banks in the
Eastern and Western Deserts and parts
of Sinai.
- Since 2001, series of large scale wind farms, totaling about
550 MW in cooperation with Germany (KFW), Denmark
(DANIDA), Spain and Japan (JICA).
- Key Indicators:
- Generated Electricity: ~ 5.5 Billion kWh,

- Fuel Saving: ~ 1.2 million T.O.E.,

- Emissions Reduction: ~3 Million T.CO2.

 Projects in the Pipeline

 200 MW, in Cooperation with Germany

& EU& EIB
 220 MW, in Cooperation with Japan (JICA)
 120 MW, private investments.
 120 MW, in cooperation with Spain
 200 MW, with MASDAR

Projects under preparation

 180 MW, (140 + 40 MW), in cooperation with Spain.

 200 MW, in Cooperation with Japan (on the Nile Western Bank).
 Policy

A policy to foster the increasing of wind energy contribution consists of

two phases:

Phase 1,
Will adopt Competitive Bids approach through issuing tenders
internationally requesting private sector to supply power from wind
energy projects for a period of 5 years.

Phase 2,
Feed-in-tariff system will be applied taking into consideration the prices
achieved in phase 1.
 Support of Egyptian Government
- More than 7600 square kilometers of desert lands have been allocated for implementing
future projects.
- All permits for land allocation are already obtained by NREA.
- A Bird migration study will be prepared in cooperation with international consultant and
financed by KfW.
- Exempting all RE equipment and spare parts from the customs duties.
- Signing land use agreement.
- Signing long term PPA ( 20-25) years .
- Central Bank of Egypt will guarantee all financial obligations of EETC under the PPA.
- The project will benefit from carbon credit .
- The project company shall get license for power generation from Egyptian Electricity
Regulatory Agency.
 New Electricity Law

A new electricity law has been developed by the Ministry of

Electricity & Energy. It is subjected to the Parliament for the
constitutional approval.

The law has been designed to reflect the ongoing market

reform as well as to strengthen the regulatory agency.

The law includes articles supporting renewable energies,

through encouraging the private investments in renewables.
2.SOLAR
2. SOLAR ENERGY
 Kuraymat. 2010

Maadi, Egypt. 1913

 First Solar Thermal Plant, Egypt-1913

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.( 1914 - '
,-)

One thing I feel sure of, and that is

Frank Shuman that the human race must finally utilize direct solar power
or return to barbarism.
(Frank Shuman ,1914)
 Solar Atlas

The Solar Atlas was issued,

indicating that Egypt is endowed
with high intensity of direct
solar radiation ranging between
2000 3200 kWh/m2/year from
North to South.

The sun shine duration ranges

between 9-11 h/day from
North to South, with very few
cloudy days.
 Photovoltaic (PV) Applications

Most of PV applications were demonstrated and field tested:

Water pumping,
Desalination,
Refrigeration,
Village electrification,
Lighting, telecommunication, and other PV applications
Some applications are all already commercialized :
Telecommunications
Remote roads lighting and billboards lighting
Remote desert small load

 Currently, the total installed capacity is about 5.5 MW

(7 local companies).
 Solar Thermal Energy Applications

 650,000 m2 of domestic solar water heating systems have been

installed since the 1980s, when the technology was first
introduced to the local market by the Ministry of Electricity &
Energy.
 Currently, there are 14 local companies for solar water heaters
competing in the Egyptian market.

 In 2004, a solar concentrating system for industrial process

heating has been implemented at a pharmaceutical company.
The system consists of 144 parabolic trough collectors to
generate 800 kg/h of saturated steam at 175 o C & 8 bar.

A project for dissemination of solar water heating systems in hotels and

resorts on two governorates is currently under preparation, in
cooperation with the UNEP and Italian Ministry for Environment, Land &
Sea.
 Solar Thermal Electricity Generation

140 MW Solar thermal power plant

 The 1st CSP plant is 140 MW including solar
field of 20 MWe based on parabolic trough
technology is under implementation.
 The total investment is about $US 340 mio.
 The GEF has approved $ 49.8 mio. Grant for
the solar Island.
 JBIC covers the finance of the Combined
Cycle island & Consultancy Services with
about (19.5 Billion Yen)
 The contracts of both CC with Iberdrola
Company & solar islands with Orascom
Company were signed in Sept. and Oct. 2007
respectively.
 The project is planned to be operational by
end of 2010.
 140 MW Solar thermal power plant

Summary of Technical Parameters

Capacity of solar portion (MWe) 20
Nameplate capacity of gas turbine (MWe) 79
Nameplate capacity of steam turbine (MWe) 76.5
Net electric energy (GWhe/a) 852
Solar electric energy (GWhe/a) 33
Solar share(%) 4%
Fuel saving due to the solar portion (T.O.E / a) 10000
CO2 reduction (T/a) 20000
Project Construction
 Currently
Project Construction

The 1st parabolic trough unit

was installed on 11 Jan. 2009.
 Sola Energy
On going Activities

NREA plan up to 2017 includes:

 100 MW grid connected CSP Plant in Kom

Ombo

 20 MW grid connected PV plants ( 4 MW

each)
 2nd CSP Project: 100 Mw at Kom Ombo

Site Properties
Items Kom Ombo
Land One site with slight slope to east.
Governorate owned.
Solar DNI 2500 kWh/ma
Resource
Access 40 Km north Aswan
Paved road, proximity to desert
Project Finance
highway Aswan Luxor
Grid 4 Km from Kom Ombo substation  100 Million US$
WB/CTF
connection (50MVA) crossing the Nile  170 Million US$
WB/IBRD.
 170 Million US$
AFDB.
Cooling 3km From Nile
water  ??? Million US$
KfW.
 ??? Million US$
NIF
 ??? Million US$
Others
 And NREA