Cairo energy storage power plant operation

How can Egypt store electricity?

Egypt has been looking at a number of ways to store electricity as part of its ambitions to grow renewable energy capacity to cover 42% of the country’s electricity needs by 2030. These include upgrading its power grid and incorporating pumped-storage hydroelectricity stations to help store electricity for future use.

What are pumped storage hydroelectric power plants?

Pumped storage hydroelectric power plants are one of the most applicable energy storage technologies on large-scale capacity generation due to many technical considerations such as their maturity, frequency control and higher ramp rates, thus maintaining following loads in case of high penetration of renewables in the electrical grid.

Can Egypt achieve 42% of its energy generation capacity by 2035?

At present, Egypt has set an ambitious objective of achieving 42% of its energy generation capacity from renewable sources by 2035 (known as the 2035 energy target) (IRENA, 2018b). To better exploit the RE potential in Egypt, a few review studies have covered different aspects of RE technologies.

Can Egypt harness energy from sustainable sources?

This review summarises the current energy outlook of Egypt while analysing the country's potential to harness energy from sustainable sources. In general, it has been found that Egypt's renewable energy sector is yet to be exploited for sustainable energy production through its diverse and plentiful resources.

Does Egypt have a nuclear power plant?

In 2015 the Russian and Egyptian presidents declared cooperation in building the first Egyptian nuclear power plant (Cauich-López et al., 2019). Along with the aforementioned policies, Egypt's interconnections with the Mediterranean power pool are being expanded.

Can solar energy power the desalination sector in Egypt?

Given that Egypt has a great potential for solar water desalination, a similar analysis should be carried out to investigate the potential of powering the desalination sector in Egypt with RE resources. This should simultaneously solve water and energy shortage problems in Egypt while reducing CO 2 emissions. 4. Wind energy technologies (WET)