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Key energy efficiency actions and Initiatives in Egypt

Egyptian National CleanerProduction Center (ENCPC)

•Central Unit for sustainable cities and renewable energy in the New Urban Communities Authority •Council of Ministers •Unit of energy conservation information center•National services of the Armed Forces

•252 Measures have been applied including change of capacitors,increasing power factor, adding both soft starters and inverters tothe industrial process. The total cost including the investmentprojected from the o benefiting entity is 9 Million USD

•21 projects for solar cells in various provinces eight stations of which have been installed.•The bidding process of 5 stations is under way and 8 stations is currently being studied by new Energy Authority.• The total cost including the investment expected from the benefiting entity is 21,137,175 EGP• The saving costs reached 205,322 EGP since 2016

• The project has a number of pilot projects to improve energyefficiency- by replacing traditional lighting systems with LEDfor some facilities to be representative of different models. 47,000 LED lamps was installed in those facilities.the project provided technical suport for these projects • Annual savings 69,943 EGP•Annual savings of 4.5 Million EGP in a number of projects.

Is a dedicated credit line for energy efficiency and investments in renewable energy in Egypt. The cost of implementation is 30 Million USD

Network Operator and Electricity Distribution Licensee shall have the common electricity generation units and the other recoverable energy electricity production units connected with their networks, provided that they shall bear the costs required for their networks expansion while the producer shall bear the networks connection costs.

Network Operator and Electricity Distribution Licensee may enter into loads-reducing or loads-carrying forward contracts with the Consumers and Authorized Distributors, provided that no favoritism shall be exercised in the course of their transactions. The Executive Regulations shall set the controls to be considered in the course of concluding these contracts.

Subscribers whose contractual capacity exceeds 500 KW shall appoint officials to beassigned to improve the power usage efficiency and keep a power register, in themanner described in the Executive Regulations"

Network Operator or Electricity Distribution Licensee shall apply a proposed annualplan to be approved by the Agency for the purpose of implement-ing projects andprograms serving the Consumers in the following fields:1. Management of Electric power demand.2. Improvement of electric power usage efficiency.3. Promotion for renewable energy uses.4. Raising awareness of power usage efficiency.In the course of issuance of a license validity certificate, the Agency shall verify thescope of applying the annual plan.. "

Ministries and public sector organizations concerned with energy efficiency for different sectors

Producers and importers of the electricity consumptive devices and equipment shall place power efficiency cards on the electric devic-es, in accordance with the Ministerial Decrees issued in this respect and the provisions of the Executive Regulations."."

•The final version of electric fans and dishwashers has been issued.•The final draft of the energy efficiecy standards for the the following devices was issued : televisions, water pumps, adaptations, electric furnaces. •Currently the standards for electric brooms is being developed.

•Mapping of the industrial waste at the enterprise level in the selected pilot area (possibly 10th of Ramadan, which has 3000 industrial enterprises).•Developing policy recommendations towards an enablingenvironment for industrial waste exchange in Egypt.• The cost of implementing measure is 1.94 Million USD• Total cost including the investment expected from theorganization benefiting from executing the measure is about 2 Million USD

•Development of a number of public policies to enhance the effi-ciency and quality of the national electric motors through stan-dards development .•Strengthening domestic manufacturing and the development of efficient motor industry.•some models of efficient engines was installed for 50 companies reducing energy consumption by 10%

Cost of implementation ( implementing the measure) is 20,000 USD

• SwitchMED• UNIDO

Egyptian National CleanerProduction Center (ENCPC)

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Ministries and public sector organizationsconcerned with energy efficiency for different sectors

Producers and importers of devices and equipment consuming electricity

Industrial and commercial sectors

Industrial sector Cost of implementation ( implementing the measure) is 20,000 USD

•Academy of scientific research

•"Shmsk Ya Masr"•New urban communities authorities

•energy conservation unit in the Council of Ministers.

•United Nations Development Programme •Sm all stations have been installed as grants

provided by Three Brothers companies and iinstalled by Sega's parent

company and the 'BIT' company in six october

The project provided 50% funding forgovenmental sector and 25% for private

sector and a maximum of 250,000 for each project where the banks that have signed

the credit contract.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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•African Development Bank• Transformation Fund for the Middle

East and North Africa

•IFC & (DANIDA and Korean Government)

•50%grant from the United Nations Development Programme.

•50% funded from "shmsk ya masr" the unity of energy conservation in the Council of Ministers in order to switch the bulbs in

the authoritybuildings.

•Central Unit for sustainable cities and renewable energy•energy conservation unit in the Council of Ministers

"Improving energy efficiency projectFor lighting and appliances is responsible for providing technical support through conducting technical and economic feasibility studies as well as financing part of these projects.Energy services companies was responsible for installaion services

National Bank of Egypt

Network operator or licensee to distribute electricity

Network operator or electricity distribution licensee

the Authority Determined by the Cabinet

Network operator or licensee to distribute electricity

assigned by the cabinet to improve energy efficiency in coop-eration with the other competent authorities

Egyptian General Authority for Standards and Quality, a project to improve the energy efficiency for lighting and appliances

Improving energy efficiency projectFor lighting and appliances

Egyptian National Cleaner Production Center (ENCPC)


Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologyin the South Mediterranean Region

Utilizing Efficient lighting

HCL Recovery in Galvanization Industry

Installation of Solar PV plants

The use of high-quality lighting

The Egyptian program to financesustainable energy projects.Egypt Sustainable Energy Financing Facility (Egypt SEFF)

Article «46» of the Electricity Law No. 87: Linking cogeneration units and units producing electricity from power recovered

Article «47» of the Electricity Law No. 87: Reduce or carry forword loads

Article «48» of the Electricity Law No. 87: official to beassigned to improve the power usage efficiency

Article «49» of the Electricity Law No. 87: Annual plan for energy efficiency and load management geared to consumers

Article «50» of the Electricity Law No. 87: Develop policies andspecifications energy efficiency cards and the replacement of low-efficiency appliances and improve electric power usageefficiency in industrial andcommercial systems.

Rationalization of energy by raising the efficiency of home appliances

Industrial Electrical Motor Driven Systems (EMDS) EfficiencyProgramme in Egypt

Industrial Waste Management and SME Entrepreneurship Hub in Egypt

Article «51» of the Electricity Law No. 87: the energy efficiency cards on electric devices

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Two training sessions have been held at the ministry's headquarters with the participation of branches of the Ministryof Electricity in the provinces and businesses of generation, transmission and distribution managers

Ministry of Electricity Middle east and north africa transition fund Tetra Tech Inc.Training courses on energyEfficiency and financing procedures.

Watti el watt campaign or reduce consumption that has been disseminated through the subway and Facebook pages young volunteers to educate citizens about the-importance of energy conservation

All Sectors Improving energy efficiency project

For lighting and appliances in cooporation with UNDP

"Improving energy efficiency projectFor lighting and appliances. "Awareness campaigns

Is a dedicated credit line for energy efficiency investments in renewable energy in Egypt

This procedure is considered one of the requirements ofEgyption pollution abatment program EPAP which is defined as aninitiative of the Ministry of Environment to help the industry to improve performance and compliance with environmentalregulations. Eligible Industries in Cairo and Alexandria can take advantage of the funds available under EPAP project, where the bidding companies should have creditworthy in addition to other environmental conditions.

CO-funded by the Electricity Holding Company, Egypt, and the Global Environment Facility of the United Nations Development Programme. Ensure financing projects that provide services in the field of energy and the emission reduction in order to improve energy efficiency, such as : • Improve the power factor • Lighting systems with high efficiency • Energy Management Systems • Improve the efficiency of combustion systems

Social Fund for Development was established pursuant toPresidential Decree No. 40 of 1991 as a s social and economic safety net fight against unemployment and alleviate poverty and improve living standards and accelerate the achievement of the overall economic and social development. Social Fund is assigned to support small and micro enterprises and provide an integrated package of financial and non-financial services, in coordination with all parties involved in these projects in order to adoptpolicies and legislation necessary for developing suchprojects according to the Small Enterprise Development Act No. 141 for the year2004.

Network Operator or Electricity Distribution Licensees shallpurchase or pay for the surplus electric power deriving from the common electricity generation units and the other recoverable energy electricity production units with capacity of less than 50 MW, provided that such transactions shall be conducted under conditions and at prices set by the Agency.

Total cost including the investment expected from the organiza-tion benefiting from executing the measure is 66,000 USD

•Aim to analyze the market and develop a road map for the introduction of thermal solar energy technologies in the chemicaltextile and Food Agricultural industries, including the proposal of a number of policies and financing incentives, the first part of it aims to encourage the use of solar heating in industrial operations through providing technical support. in order to dissmenate solar heating in industrial sector.• Total cost including the investment expected from the organization benefiting from executing the measure is 4 Million USD

•First National Workshop carried out jointly with Egypt, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia. the key stakeholders at a local and national level shall participate with the aim of raising awareness among public bodies, universities, research and technology and, industry centres and other groups of interest since the very beginning of the project .

•Aim to analyze the market and develop a road map for the introduction of thermal solar energy technologies in the chemical textile ,and Food Agricultural industries, including the proposal of a number of policies and financing incentives, the second part of it aims at encouraging the use of solar energy for heating in •industrial operations by funding the deployment of solar heating in Industrial sector•Total cost including the investment expected from the organization benefiting from executing the measure is 2.5 Million Euro

•Has been established in 2002 to promote the dissemenation and application of cleaner production and energy efficiency to increase the productivity of Egyptian industry and reduce the risks that would affect people and environment. The cooperation agreement was signed in February 2005 between the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, the Federation of Egyptian Indus-tries and the National Bank of Egypt to establish a revolving fund for the Office of Environmental commitment to invest in new equipment.


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Energy services projects

Industry, trade, agriculture, services and Animal production

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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)


The Egyptian Electricity authority، (GEF)Global Environment Facility of the

United Nations Development Programme.

•The Danish government has allocated 69 Million DKK for the industrial sector

concerning only small and medium-sized enterprises which are members of theFederation of Egyptian Industries and

eligible for revolving funding.

•SECO, UNIDO

• African Union • EU

•Global energy fund•UNIDO

• United Nations Industrial Development.organization.

• Global Environment Facility,

The World Bank, United Nations Development Programme, the African Development Bank,

the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, the International Fund for AgriculturalDevelopment, the European Union, theEuropean Investment Bank, the FrenchDevelopment Agency, the Arab Fund for

Economic and Social Development, the Islamic Development Bank, the Kuwait Fund for Arab

Economic Development, the Fund Saudidevelopment, Abu Dhabi Fund for development, Italy, Danish international development Agency, the German international cooperation Agency,

CIDA, the OPEC Fund

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Ministry of Environment

Credit Guarantee Company

Social Fund for Development

Ministry of Electricity

Enviromental compliance office (ECO) at the federation of egyptian industries





The Egyptian program to finance sustainable energy projects 2. - Egypt Sustainable Energy Financ-ing Facility (Egypt SEFF)

Energy conservation and a shift towards cleaner fuels

Energy Efficiency Improvement Project for of Credit Gaurantee Company.

Financing solar energy projects through the Social Fund for Development

"Article« 45 »of the Electricity Law No. 87: common electricity genera-tion units and the other recoverable energy electricity production units with capacity of less than 50 MW.

revolving fund of Enviromental com-pliance offic for investment in renewable equipment.

Innovative Chemical Solutions– environmentally sound manage-ment of chemicals and chemical wastes

Fostering Renewable andSustainable Energy in Africa through R&D “FORWARD”

Utilizing Solar Energy for Industria heatl Heat in Egyptian Industry

Utilizing Solar Energy for Industrial Process Heat in Egyptian Industry

•Central Unit for sustainable cities and renewable energy •t energy conservation unit at the Council of Ministers shamsk ya masr initiative

• Preparation of quality control and certification systemsdocuments for solar water heaters in residential sector.• Preparation of a draft ministerial decree to mainstream the use of solar water heaters in the residential and the servicesector gradually.• The installation of solar heaters in the top four social housingbuildings in New Thebes city .• Saved 205322 EGP since 2015

•Identify and invite owners of green projects to the trainingprogram , which consists of eight workshops program aimedat capacity building and knowledge transfer.

•Collection of companies database•Prioritrize one hundred companies from the private sector•Publishing and organizing national workshop.• Total cost including the investment expected from the benefiting entity is 35,000 USD.

•Construction of 419 building with a total 10 thousand housing units in Badr City within the social housing project using Green highest standards and specifications Engineering Architecture system. The construction systm will be certified by National Center for Research on housing so as to deliver the project within 12 months from the implementation date

Project aims at: •Improving the energy efficiency in the industrial sector toovercome some of the main barriers to improve energy efficiencyin the industrial sector.• To achieve measurable results .• and To have an impact on the methods of energy managementby industry sectors in Egypt through developing an integrated approach involving capacity building and technical assistance and incorporate them in both in policy, institutional and industrialfacilities. Total cost including the investment expected from the organization benefiting from executing the measure as follow: • 3.95 Million USD from the Global Environment Fund• 24.121 Million USD in forms of cash and resources

•Shmsk ya masr •Urban Authority

•energy conservation unit at the Councilof Ministers

Central Bank of Egypt



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• financing shall be provided for four years to around 350thousand companies, in addition to the creation of nearly 4 million new jobs. It is scheduled that the banking sector pumped out about 200 billion Egyptian pounds in the form of new loans are being studied carefully by the banks providing information to entrepreneurs. • Total cost including the investment expected from theorganization benefiting from executing the measure is 200 Billion EGP. • This measure will create 4 Million job opportunity

Central Bank of Egypt and The Egyptian local banks

• SWITCH-MED• EU

• Global Environment Fund ,the Egyptian Environmental Affairs

• The General Authority for Industrial Development.

•The Egyptian General Authority forStandards and Quality.

•The Industrial Modernization Center •The Federation of Egyptian Industries.

•Shmsk ya masr • newUrban communities Authority

•The energy conservation unit at Councilof Ministers

• IFC


•General Authority for IndustrialDevelopment.•Egyptian environmental affairs agency.


•New Urban Communities.•Nile Home italian company.

TInstallation of solar water heaters stations

The central bank's new initiatives to financesmall and medium enterprises

Identification and training of GreenEntrepreneurs in Egypt

Improving the energy efficiency of the Ministry of Industry

Analytical study of cleaner production

Building 10 thousands of apartments for social housing in Badr City Green architecture system

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Key energy efficiency actions and Initiatives in Egypt

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