Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy
In week 19 2007 was the director at Folkecenter Preben Maegaard invited to Zafarana wind farm in Egypt. Preben Maegaard was invited to give advice about development of the ambitious wind energy program in Egypt. He met the Energy minister of Egypt and attended a conference at Cairo university.
At the conference he was told that Egypt wants to set up 750 MW wind power annually over the next five years. This is the most comprehensive wind energy program ever seen in Africa. For decades Egypt has been the leading wind energy country of the continent. With the new program Egypt will within a few years be ranking among the leading countries in the world in terms of new capacity.
By 2020 wind energy will have to cover 20% of the total national electricity capacity with wind energy representing an estimated 13 GW.
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