RESEARCH & ANALYSIS
PROSPECTS OF GREEN HYDROGEN
INDUSTRY IN EGYPT BY JOLLY MONSEF, MARIAM AHMED & YOUSTINA MOUNIR
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gypt is among the countries that have already started preparing a hydrogen strategy and began the first steps of producing and exporting green hydrogen. Egypt’s current policies and plans are aimed at the reduction of its emissions and the long-term transition to a greener economy. With this regard, Egypt's energy strategy 2035 will be updated to include green hydrogen as a source of energy.
HYDROGEN INDUSTRY IN EGYPT 1. POLICIES & PLANS
2. COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF USING HYDROGEN
POLICIES Governance
Focusing on
Technology
- The energy mix & the contribution of natural gas as a greener fuel
Strong support from political
- Availability of required technology
- Increasing the share of renewable energy to generate electricity
leadership
- Strong partnership with technology providers
- The role of renewable energy in Egypt’s energy mix
- 15% of its total public investment in FY 2020/21 for green
Allocating
Developing
investment projects
Market
- Abundance of local resources of natural gas - Competitive costs of renewable energy
- Industrial capacity of the domestic market within industrial zones clustering
Land
Labor
Availability of land for renewable
Skilled labor at competitive costs
- Low carbon hydrogen projects
- “Integrated Sustainable Energy Strategy” and expanding it
Revising
Feedstock
to 2040
electricity
PLANS Implementing
Mitigation policies to reduce its level of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
Infrastructure - Ports at the Med. and Red Sea
Transiting from
Reducing
Carbon-based energy source to green & clean energy
Emissions from the Energy Sector
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- Large-scale gas pipelines
Manufacture -Government programs for deepening local industrial - Companies’ extensive construction capabilities