Project

Bioenergy for Sustainable Rural Development

Lead country

Egypt

Participating countries

Egypt

Project status

Closure

Implementing period

From November 20, 2008 to November 18, 2020

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
  2. 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy

Project ID: 2284

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Technical team

  • Energy Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy access

Sub-area(s)

  • Resource: Waste (agriculture)
  • Resource: Wind
  • Clean cooking
  • Sustainable charcoal

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Rural areas

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Materials and manufacturing

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building

Strategy

  • Food and agricultural commodities
  • Finance economy
  • Capacity building

Sub-strategy

  • Sustainable agriculture practices and use of resources (TP 2, 7, 8, 9)
  • FACS strategies for sustainable supply chain (TP 4)
  • Institutional framework
  • Green economy
  • Technical capacity building
  • Advocacy (towards policy makers)
  • Awareness raising

Social inclusion

  • Private sector

Gender equality

N/A

Gender result effectiveness scale

  • Gender targeted

Pathway(s)

  • Sci-tech pathway
  • Systems pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Improve resilience

SDG target(s)

  • 7.1 Ensure universal access to sustainable, reliable energy
  • 7.2 Increase share of global renewable energy

Conventions and protocols

N/A

Private sector(s)

  • Capital providers

Hot topic

  • Nature-based solution
  • Food and agricultural commodities strategy

About this project

Description

The Egyptian government is a strong proponent of renewable energy generally, including biomass energy. Egypt has accumulated a considerable amount of experience and expertise with modern renewable technologies as a result of avid national and international promotion of renewables. Egyptian government has endeavoured to explore and exploit its considerable solar and wind resources, making Egypt a showcase for large-scale (multi-megawatt) PV and wind power for grid connected demonstrations - such as those at Hurghada, Zafarana, and El Korimat. The Egyptian government has resolved to implement sufficient renewable energy to supply 5% of primary energy by 2005, under the authority of the New and Renewable Energy Agency. The objective of this project is to remove the technical, institutional, information, financial, and other market barriers to the increasing use of biomass energy in promoting sustainable rural development in Egypt and in reducing the negative global and local environmental impacts associated with the use of fossil fuels and the environmentally not sound management of the agricultural and solid waste. This is envisaged to be achieved by (i) testing the technical and, in particular, the economic and financial feasibility of selected bioenergy technologies on the basis of new business and financing models, and developing further the financial, institutional and market strategies for their large-scale replication; (ii) supporting the development and adoption of an enabling policy framework to implement and leverage financing for the recommended strategies; iii) building the capacity of the supply side to market, finance and deliver rural bioenergy services; and iv) institutionalizing the support provided by the project to facilitate sustainable growth of the market after the end of the project.

Objectives

To facilitate and accelerate the market development of new bioenergy technologies (BET) in Egypt, thereby promoting the sustainable socio-economic development of rural communities in Egypt and reducing the negative global and local environmental impacts associated with the use of fossil fuels and the environmentally unsound management of agricultural and solid waste. To remove the technical, institutional, information, financial, and market barriers to developing the bioenergy technology market in Egypt.

USD $3,344,150

Grant amount

USD $10,857,245

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($3,344,150)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA)

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