Egypt and the UAE have agreed to build a 10-gigawatt onshore wind project–one of the world’s largest wind farms in Egypt.
At the signing of the agreement between UAE’s Masdar and Egypt’s Infinity Power and Hassan Allam Utilities, were UAE President Sheikh Mohamed and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by the UAE Special Envoy for Climate, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and chairman of Masdar and Dr Mohamed Shaker El-Markabi, Egypt’s Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy in Sharm El-Sheikh.
“The scale of this mega 10 GW onshore wind project – one of the largest winds farms in the world – is a testament to the renewable energy ambitions of the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Egypt, and demonstrates Masdar’s status as a global leader in clean energy,” Dr Al Jaber said.
The 10GW wind farm is expected to produce 47,790 GWh of clean energy annually and offset 23.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions – equivalent to around 9 per cent of Egypt’s current CO2 emissions.
The project will be part of Egypt’s Green Corridor initiative – a grid dedicated to renewable energy projects – and will contribute to Egypt’s goal of ensuring renewable energy makes up 42 percent of its energy mix by 2035.
The wind farm will also save Egypt an estimated $5 billion in annual natural gas costs, and help create as many as 100,000 jobs.
The world’s largest wind by far is the Gansu Wind Farm in China which generates 20GW.
