Tuesday 20/January/2026 – 06:36 PM
Dr. Ahmed El-Shenawy, an expert, explained Electrical energyEgypt has achieved remarkable progress in projects to produce electricity from wind energy, noting that the Gabal El-Zeit station, with a capacity of 580 megawatts, is considered one of the largest wind farms for producing electricity in the world.
Expert: Electricity production from renewable energy sources currently amounts to 22% of the total energy in Egypt
El-Shenawy added, in statements to Cairo 24, that there are a number of other major projects, including the Ras Ghareb station with a capacity of 260 megawatts, the Zaafarana project with a capacity of 545 megawatts, in addition to the West Bakr project with a capacity of 250 megawatts.
Dr. El-Shenawy pointed out that in May 2024, a contract was signed for one of the largest wind energy projects with a capacity of 8 gigawatts in the West Sohag region, explaining that this project is one of the fruits of the COP27 climate conference held in Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2022.
He stressed that electricity production from new and renewable energy sources currently amounts to about 22% of the total energy generated in Egypt, expressing the state’s aspiration to raise this percentage to reach about 42% by 2035.
In a separate context, Engineer Ihab Ismail, Chairman of the New and Renewable Energy Authority, confirmed that the Authority’s role is currently mainly focused on making suitable lands available for renewable energy projects, as it is the basic foundation for implementing these projects. He explained that the Authority was the owner of the first wind energy projects in Egypt since 1995 with the Hurghada station with a capacity of 5 megawatts, then the Zaafarana projects, which included 8 stations with a total capacity of about 540 megawatts.
Reducing the cost of producing a kilowatt-hour and achieving the economic feasibility of projects
He pointed out that Egypt enjoys a great comparative advantage in the field of solar energy, as most of its lands are suitable for establishing solar plants. However, the matter is different with regard to wind energy, which depends on the availability of specific areas with appropriate wind speeds, as this has a direct impact on reducing the cost of producing a kilowatt-hour and achieving the economic feasibility of projects.
