Egypt
Egypt’s vast untapped solar potential can help overcome its fossil gas dependency and cut its rising power sector emissions
Egypt relied on fossil fuels for 88% of its electricity in 2023. Its per capita emissions are lower than the global average.
Egypt’s largest clean electricity source is hydro (7%). Wind and solar are starting to grow, comprising 5% of the country’s electricity in 2023, up from just 1% in 2015. However, this figure is still below both the global average (13%) and the regional average for Africa (6%).
Egypt is Africa’s largest fossil gas generating country, responsible for 45% of the continent’s gas generation in 2022.
Over the last two decades, Egypt’s electricity demand has more than doubled, and so have its power sector emissions. Rising demand was predominantly met by fossil gas generation which constitutes 84% of Egypt’s electricity mix.
Egypt aims for 42% renewable electricity by 2030, while the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions scenario sets out a global target of 60% renewable electricity by 2030.
Last updated: May 2024
Progress towards 1.5C power sector benchmarks
Egypt
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