Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy in Egypt (Review article)

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Abstract

Egyptian rapidly growing population and establishing energy-intensive industrial
facilities demanded large supply of power to maintain that growth. Egypt is a country
well suited for alternative energy production. It has strong, steady wind, good solar
energy and the hydrothermal resources from the Nile. The government decided to
improve the diversity of energy by embracing opportunities from renewable sources as
solar and wind in the energy mix, to bring the balance back to Egypt’s energy market.
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) , should be considered in all stages starting
from planning, site selection, type of technology used, and installing phase. Life cycle
assessment tool is used as a method to know the average environmental impact of
different renewable energy source for appropriate planning and proper decision making.
This showed the importance of generating awareness towards environmental impact of
various renewable energy systems.

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