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Egypt’s battery push leans on development lenders and Chinese factories
Who’s lending to Egypt’s battery push? So far, development banks
Egypt reuses 23.2 bn cbm of water a year, and the networks to deliver it are nearing completion
Treatment capacity only becomes usable water once the routes reach…
Egypt’s street trees aren’t being used for charcoal, but a recent row over tree-felling in Mohandesin has raised questions about the export sector
Charcoal exporters aren’t required to report where they source their…
What would it take to get black cloud fires to zero?
Black cloud fires fell nearly 25% in this season’s first…
Egypt’s off-grid solar firms remain unfazed by national grid expansion
An EGP 37 bn grid expansion budget could reach areas…
Egypt collects fees on plastic bags, but proceeds aren’t public yet
What do Egypt’s plastic-bag fee and its looming carbon-border tax…
Egypt wants USD 45 mn for reef conservation from foreign donors but can’t say where existing fees went
The EFCR’s investment and grant facilities lay out exactly where…
Egypt needs six more climate reforms to unlock SDR 600 mn from the IMF
Banks now have until 2028 to implement an Environmental and…
Solar financing for ceramics is moving, but gas efficiency is lagging
Egypt’s ceramics sector has financing moving toward its easier target…
Egypt’s solar factories are built, but demand is lagging
Egypt built factories to dodge China’s solar trap. It still…
For Egypt’s green fund, risk-pricing is the whole game
Egypt is building a green fund just as the state…
Egypt has raised its renewables target to 45% by 2028, without publishing the demand forecast to verify it
EEHC's own FY 2026/27 planning budget suggests a 45% share…