Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah
El-Sisi has ordered providing all the necessary facilities to expedite the
implementation of the green energy projects implemented jointly with
Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI).
El-Sisi made the remarks on Saturday as he received FFI Chairman Andrew Forrest, presidential spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.
El-Sisi highlighted the importance of benefiting from the Australian energy company’s extensive expertise in green energy, as Egypt attaches importance to keeping pace with the international orientation toward maximizing the use of renewable energy.
This also comes within the framework of the Egyptian national strategy to boost the supply of electricity generated from renewables in light of the state’s keenness to diversity the sources of electricity and benefit from the country’s natural resources.
Under its Integrated Sustainable Energy Strategy (ISES), Egypt aims to increase the supply of electricity generated from renewable sources to 42 percent by 2035.
The meeting followed up on cooperation between FFI and the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy in the field of green hydrogen and green ammonia, including a project to produce 9.2 GW of electricity from renewable energy, the spokesman said.
The meeting also followed up on localizing industries related to generating power from wind turbines and solar cells, the spokesman added.
For his part, Forrest stressed FFI’s keenness to cooperate with Egypt in the field of producing green energy and benefiting from green hydrogen as a source of clean energy.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
