Thursday 03 Apr
Prime Minister Dr. Moustafa Madbouly reviewed the status of land allocations for new and renewable energy projects, particularly green hydrogen, and the energy situation for next summer.
This came during a meeting held today, Sunday, attended by Engineer Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Ahmed Kouchouk, Minister of Finance, and Engineer Karim Badawy, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources.
Esmat presented in detail the capacities
and locations of green hydrogen production projects, the most prominent
projects whose sites have been handed over for the commencement of studies, and
the projects that will be implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of
Transport. He also presented documents related to green hydrogen projects and a
roadmap for implementing each agreement for various renewable energy projects,
including eight memoranda of understanding and 15 framework agreements
concluded with 23 companies and alliances.
The Minister of Electricity and Renewable
Energy also presented the Ministry's plan to prepare for the summer of 2025, in
coordination with various relevant authorities. He addressed the status of
providing the necessary fuel and natural gas to operate power plants, as well
as the status of renewable energy plants expected to enter service next summer
and their impact on achieving the targeted fuel savings.
In turn, Major General Nasser Fawzy
presented the status of land allocations for new and renewable energy projects
since 2016, in various targeted areas, including areas for which presidential
decrees have been issued and areas for which decisions are currently being
issued. He explained that the total area for which presidential decrees have
been issued in this regard amounts to approximately 41,300 km2, and that
decisions are currently being issued for an area totaling 4,859.3 km2, bringing
the total area allocated for this purpose to approximately 46,200 km2,
equivalent to approximately 10.9 million acres.
The Director of the National Center for
Planning State Land Uses also presented details of a study of a number of sites
being considered for allocation for the implementation of new and renewable
energy projects and the production of green hydrogen and ammonia in several
governorates. He also addressed the status of applications submitted to the
Suez Canal Economic Zone Authority to allocate new sites for these projects.
These include a project in the Port Said area to produce green ammonia, powered
by energy produced from green electricity with a capacity of up to 5.5
gigawatts, and two other projects in the East Port Said area to produce green
hydrogen and ammonia, potassium chloride, and caustic soda, extracted from
seawater. The two projects will be powered by electricity produced from
renewable energy sources, whether wind or solar, with a capacity of up to 13
gigawatts.
The meeting was also attended by Yasser Sobhy, Deputy Minister of Finance for Fiscal Policies, Engineer Sabah Mashaly, Deputy Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Major General Nasser Fawzy, Director of the National Center for Land Use Planning, Engineer Ehab Ismail, Acting Head of the New and Renewable Energy Authority, Sherine El-Sharkawy, Assistant Minister of Finance for Economic Affairs, and Ramy Youssef, Assistant Minister of Finance for Tax Policy and Development.
