1-Author
2- Title
3- Published Date
4- Additional Information/Website
SOURCE
Harry Boyd-Carpenter How to solve Egypt's energy problems 13 Aug-15 EBRD Article
Clayton Swisher Egypt's energy sector on the brink og crisis 9 June 2014 Al Jazeera
PROBLEM
Brendan Meighan:Egypt's Natural Gas Crisis January 21,2016 Carnegie Endowment
What problem did the source
address?
Egypt's energy issue is a
result of corruption and
incompetence.
David Thorpe: How Solar Energy Can Solve Egypt's Elecctricity Crisis Early 2017 SMARTCITIESDA power problem in Egypt is
causing several outages.
The economy was
How to resolve Egypt's energy deteriorating as a result of its
crisis?
slowing gas production.
EFFECTS
The severe shortage of
natural gas.
What negative effects did this what caused the problem
problem bring according to
the source?
according to the source?
The country is now
$20,000,000 in debt and is
being sued repeatedly as a
result of this.
During rush hour, the metro
stops operating, and the
blackouts have been causing
disruptions to business and
worsening the traffic issue.
No running water and
malfunctioning cellphones.
CAUSES
Cuts to factories and
frequent electrical outages.
"Both rising demand and
falling gas (and oil) output
have in recent years
transformed the country from
exporter to importer of both,
a shift that poses a
substantial threat to its
economy."
Corruption in the government
and individuals like Hussein
Salim, whose business is one
of the primary contributors to
the escalating energy
problem.
SOLUTIONS
Were the proposed solutions
What solutions did the source
propose to solve the problem? effective according to the
source? Why/Why not?
"Harness the sun and wind
power for electricity.
Renewables and the private
sector are the keys to
reforming Egpyt's energy
sector."
EVALUATION
Solar power can help as
Government failing to act on Egypt's climate is perfect for
a continuously growing
problem, the amount of
reliance on fossil fuels.
it. "Produce thermal energy
that drives conventional
turbines and so can work in
tandem with fossil fuel
plants."
The suggested alternatives
are practical, and numerous
renewable energy projects
are being actively developed
to address Egypt's energy
crisis.
Due to Israel's freshly Yes, but being an Arab nation
discovered gas reserves, they that depends on Israel for
turned to them for
electricity could soon be a
dilemma.
assistance.
It could be effective as "a
plant in Spain of this nature
has a capacity factor of 63%.
There is more solar energy
available in Egpyt than in
Spain, so this figure would be
higher there."
The administration has
demonstrated a lack of desire
for the kind of structural
Gas production slowly
The purchase of gas from
foreign oil and gas
companies, the discovery of a transformation required to
declining and not meeting the massive gas resource in the
demand of its rapidly growing Mediterranean, and a gas
population.
export agreement between
Egypt and Israel.
prevent future shortages,
therefore the long-term
situation is dubious,
according to the source.
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