Egypt Experience in Renewable Energy

Egypt Strategy 2022-2035

Amal Ismail

New& Renewable Energy Authority, NREA

amalismail523@gmail.com

www.nrea.gov.eg

Outline

• Renewable Energy Strategies 2022-2035

• Policies & Legislations for RE

• Schemes for Investment in RE

• Resource Assessment

• The Current Situation of RE in Egypt

• Benban Solar Complex

• Conclusion

New and Renewable Energy Authority, NREA

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

Established in 1986

Vision

Increase Share of Renewable Energy in the Energy Sector for Sustainable Future.

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Policies

• Competitive Biding

• Merchant Scheme

• Feed-In Tariff

• Net Metering

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Targets

Generate power from Renewable Energy;

• 20% by 2022

• 42% by 2035

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Electricity in Egypt

• Total installed capacity about 45 GW

• 41 thermal

• 2.8 hydro

• 1.05 wind

• 0.3 PV

• 0.14 CSP

• Secured supply to 99.7 % of the population.

• Renewable Energy (Wind & solar) represent about 2 % from the installed capacity & 1.3% from the electric energy.

2.8 1.31

Thermal Hydro Renewable

41

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RE TargetsThermal Power Plants

80%Renewable

Energy20 %

PV2%

Hydro6%

Wind12 %

Nuclear Energy 3%

CSP 3 %

PV22 %

Wind14 %

Hydro 2 %

Renewable energy42 %

Thermal Power Plants55 %

Renewable energy Hydro PV Wind

Thermal Power Plants Renewable energy Nuclear Energy CSP PV Wind Hydro

• Energy Production 2022

• Energy Production 2035

Thermal Power Plants

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Policies & Legislations

JUN 1986 Law No. 102 / 1986, Presidential Decree on the establishment of New and Renewable Energy Authority.

JUL 2014 Electricity Tariffs Reform.

SEP 2014 Cabinet Decree No.1974 / 2014, The First round of Fit in Tariff Mechanism.

OCT 2014 Presidential Decree No. 135 / 2014, OF NREA.

DEC 2014 Renewable Energy Law No. 203 / 2014.

JUL 2015 The Electricity Law No.87 / 2015.

SEP 2016 Cabinet Decree No. 2532 / 2016 the Second Round of Fit-in Tariff Mechanism.

OCT 2016 : Presidential Decree No. 116 / 2016 for allocating around 7600 km2 of arid areas to NREA to be used in

implementing renewable energy projects.

AUG 2017 Periodical Decree No. 3 / 2017 Net metering scheme for photovoltaic projects up to 20 MW.

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RE Investment Schemes

EPC-Tenders

Government projects tendered and owned by NREA for design-Supply and construction of projects.

Build-Own-Operate (BOO) Projects

EETC invites private investors to submit their offers for specific capacities and the award will be made to the lowest kWh price

Feed in-tariff

EETC invites private sector company to bid for projects and sell electricity to the grid.

Independent Power Producers (IPP)

Projects implemented by private sector companies either to feed their own loads or sell the electricity generated directly to their own consumers

Net metering

Solar PV projects up to 20 MW implemented by the private sector to feed their own Grid Connected loads.

Auction

Projects announced by the state and the award will be made according to the lowest price regardless of the project capacity.

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Renewable Energy in Numbers

+30Years of Experience

+1300 MWInstalled Capacity

+2 billion US$ Total Invest.

till 2016

+ 1500 MWIn Development Phase

+150 MW under construction

+1800 MW Financial Closure

+ 3 billion US$ Total Invest. 2017- 2018

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Land for RE Projects

Areas

Capacity

MW

Areas (km2)

Zone

35501220Suez Gulf (wind)

5800841wind

349001290Solar

253503636wind

17400606Solar

146537Benban (Solar)

267Kom Ombo (Solar)

About 7650 KM2 have been allocated for Implementing RE projects

* Yellow shaded cells represent the available areas

West Nile

Suez Gulf

East Nile

Benban Kom Ombo

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Wind Resource Assessment

Egypt wind Atlas – 2005

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Solar Resource Assessment

Source : Egypt Solar Atlas

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Renewable Energy Statistics

• Total implemented projects: 1317 MW

• Projects under construction: 2411 MW

• Projects under Development: 1470 MW

• Planned projects : 1770 MW

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Feed-in Tariff/ Locations of FIT PV Project

• Tariff

US$ 8.4 Cents/ kWh to projects range from 20 – 50 MW

US$ 7.99 Cents/kWh to projects more than 500 kW

• Maturity: 25 Years

• Targeted Capacity: 2000 MW

➢ 32 Companies with total capacities 1465 MW have

been qualified and finalize their financial closure in one

location (Benban, Aswan Governorate).

Photovoltaic > 500 kw

37 km2, 45 Pieces, 1750 MW

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Substations1 – 4

North Worker Camp

South Worker

Camp (and temporary truck park)

Location of new truck

park

Gates 1 – 4

Facility Manager Including

clinic, fire, ambulance,

police accomodati

on

Substations, truck park, worker accommodation, FMC, gates and circulation

(October 1 2018)

emergency relief (in/out)

Benban Solar Park

• Total Investments 2.2 Billion Dollar

• Total Installed Capacity 1465 MW

• Allocated in 37.14 Km2

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• Control & communication • Testing & commissioning

• Commercial operation

• Equipment delivery• Cable trenching

• Mobilization stage

• PV assembly• Substation works• Electrical works

2 projects

5 projects

15 projects

9 projects

1 projects

Progress status at Benban Solar Park

(December 2018)

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Benban project site

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Fuel saving+4600Million Tone of Oil Equivalent

Co2 Emission Reduction+8.4 Million Ton Co2

Job creation About 52400 indirect jobs (5 jobs/ MW) .About 5250 direct jobs (0.5 jobs/ MW)

Socio-Economic Impact

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Conclusions

1. Egypt is transfer from plan to implement renewable energy projects.

2. Based on the current devaluation of renewable energy prices, Feed-in-Tariff, has

been replaced by the competitive bids, and Auction in the coming phase.

3. There are many challenges to promote small & medium projects in Egypt, but

we are working hardly to encourage them and to overcome.

4. There is a huge potential for Energy Efficiency in Egypt after reforming the

electricity tariff and we are working on that.

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THANK YOU

Amal Ismail

New& Renewable Energy Authority, NREA

amalismail523@gmail.com

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