Egypt

Egypt has an abundance of renewable energy resources with high deployment potential, including hydropower, wind, solar and biomass. This makes the country a prime location with high potential for clean hydrogen production. To achieve Egypt’s NDC commitments under the Paris Agreement, the Egyptian NDC recognizes the importance of reducing GHG emissions in the industrial sector. For these reasons, hydrogen has become a priority for the country to achieve this ambition. 

Egypt already extensively uses grey hydrogen, produced from natural gas using steam methane reforming, in its key industries. The potential introduction of green hydrogen can help the country decarbonize its industry and fulfil climate targets.

The Egyptian government has already taken significant steps towards fostering green hydrogen investments. In August 2023, the Egyptian Cabinet approved the establishment of the National Council for Green Hydrogen, demonstrating its commitment to upscale green hydrogen production and drive sustainable social and economic development .

UNIDO's Programme for Hydrogen in Industry supported the country in 2023 with technical assessments at the pre-feasibility level to identify viable opportunities in the Egyptian ammonia sector for green hydrogen application. Italian Government collaborated with UNIDO on this matter.  

The country is also part of the UNIDO's Global Clean Hydrogen Programme, funded by GEF. The Child Project in Egypt aims to support national institutional capacities, enabling policy frameworks, and improve technological readiness and financial mechanisms as a basis for the successful promotion and uptake of green hydrogen in Egypt to meet its climate mitigation and industrial sustainable development goals.

The Project seeks to provide assistance to effectively attain the benefits of green hydrogen production and its application, particularly in industry such as ammonia production for fertilizers. This will promote new value chains, create new jobs, promote renewable energies and enable clean hydrogen market conditions to facilitate investments.

 

 

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5 October 2022 Publication
Assesment of Low Carbon Hydrogen
This document presents a summary of project activities carried out in Egypt. The project aimed to assess the potential for a low-carbon hydrogen market in Egypt, strengthen the country‘s readiness for market development and promote its usage for industry decarbonization. The project supports public and private institutions in Egypt with knowledge of low carbon hydrogen production potential, current and future demand scenarios, development of business models and creation of value chains.The project is part of the UNIDO‘s Global Programme for Hydrogen in Industry. Through its Programme, UNIDO aims to influence and guide the development of market polices, standards, skills, financing instruments, innovation and coordination between key stakeholders that play an essential role in the development of a just and sustainable hydrogen economy. Promoting tangible projects to accelerate the local uptake of green hydrogen in industries of developing countries and transition economies is a key element of the Programme.The project in Egypt was led by UNIDO, together with two strategic partners: Italian University, Politecnico di Milano and the Environmental Compliance Office - Federation of Egyptian Industries.
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1 September 2022 News
COP 27 green hydrogen event
1. ABOUT THE EVENTThe special evening event “Future Energy – Green Hydrogen” will bring together representatives and experts from developing and developed countries to discuss future energy concepts in a creative atmosphere, visualizing the potential of green hydrogen.Organizers: UNIDO in cooperation with the Egyptian COP 27 Presidency and partners (see below) 2. TARGET AUDIENCEPolicymakersDelegates of UNFCCC COP27Representatives of international organizationsCEOs/heads of private sector and finance companiesAcademiaRepresentatives of civil society3. AGENDAOpening by high-level representatives from the Government of Egypt and UNIDO Director GeneralFuture Energy – Green HydrogenWe only have one planet!The voice of future generations4. LIVESTREAMINGThe event will be livestreamed via YouTube on 9 November 2022 at 19:00 -20:00 (UTC +2)
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2 February 2022 Article
Green Hydrogen: Fuelling industrial development for a clean and sustainable future
Green hydrogen is a key element in any decarbonization strategy. All major and emerging economies are investing heavily in green hydrogen, as well as in international energy partnerships to secure long-term imports. This creates new opportunities for industrial development, particularly in countries that are well-endowed with renewable power sources. If these countries create the appropriate framework conditions, they can develop promising new industrial clusters by investing in renewable power projects and electrolysers first to then gradually attract energy-intensive steel or base chemicals investments, in addition to manifold downstream industries that use green steel or chemical feedstocks. Proactive strategies are therefore indispensable to fully reap these new opportunities for industrial development.