Public sector inefficiency hampers Egypt’s potential to be “renewable energy heaven” -EBRD

Egypt is not fulfilling its renewable energy potential due to public sector inefficiency, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) head of energy for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, Harry Boyd-Carpenter has said, according to Recharge News. Egypt has the ability to add 2 GW of wind and solar capacity each year, but this is currently unachievable due to an insufficient supply of civil servants dedicated to the sector, he said. The country could easily become a “renewable energy heaven” if it built capacity in its civil service to handle more than one project at a time, Boyd-Carpenter said.