Emerging Clean Energy Hub: Egypt’s Potential as a Regional Renewable Energy Leader

2022 and 2023 saw a number of natural disasters unfold that affected different countries and regions across the globe. The droughts in the horn of Africa worsened, 19 countries in West Africa registered heavy floods, and wildfires broke out in several countries across the European continent. These incidents were not haphazard nor were they isolated; they came about as a result of the worsening state of the climate.

June 2023 recorded some of the hottest temperatures ever reached during that month in history, according to a global temperature analysis report done by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Egypt — hailed by the international community for its abundance of natural resources — has an ideal location and weather conditions to potentially become a renewable energy hub, which the country is targeting as part of its sustainability plan.