Looking for alternatives, will Egypt find alternative energy methods, such as solar and wind energy?
Renewable energies require some specific conditions. Concerning wind energy, the wind speed has to be about six meters per second, which is not available everywhere. In Za’farana, we do have enough wind to generate this energy, however, we do not have wind maps to study wind velocity and reach the highest one to generate energy. For solar energy, we have a huge amount of solar energy in the country, but the cost of converting solar energy with this low energy intensity is very expensive. The alternative would be solar water heaters, but we cannot use them in Cairo, as roof-tops are very limited, while solar water heaters necessitate large spaces. In Egypt, we have around 11-12 solar water heater companies, none of them generate income. We need to develop an incentive mechanism, such as installing and maintaining them for free or with a 20% reduction-rate, in order to encourage people to install them and pay this huge sum of money at the beginning compared to cheap electric heaters. Why
