Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 49

7-Dec-2009

EGYPT

Egypt Reviews Progress On Tapping Renewable Energy

Egypts Supreme Council of Energy is currently implementing an ambitious strategic plan to produce 20% of its global energy needs from renewable energy sources by 2020, including 12% of demand from wind power, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy Hasan Yunis told the International Conference on Renewable Energy in Alexandria on 1 December. The minister said that his country, which...