A critical review of research trends for wind energy in Egypt: recent progress and promising opportunities

Moness, Mohammed; Moustafa, Ahmed M.

doi:10.1504/ijetp.2019.096608

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“…these areas are located along the Nile Valley in Assuit, Minia, and Beni-Suef. Moreover, the Gabel El-Zeit region along the Red Sea coast is richly endowed with wind energy reaching 200 MW with an average speed of 9 m/s at a height of 10 m [128], [129]. In this manner, within the Gabel El-Zeit area, two WFs large-scale projects were constructed.…”

Section: A Wind Energy In Egyptmentioning

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“…The private sector and NREA install, maintain, and operate these projects through commercial funds. Also, an integrated framework has been created for incentives to stimulate the international and domestic private sector for investing in wind energy [50], [128].…”

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“…In addition to some literatures have been presented on Morocoo [5], Algeria [6], Libya [7], and the Republic of Djibouti [8]. While little has been carried out in scientific research related to the use of wind energy to generate electricity in Egypt, for an example [9][10][11][12][13].…”

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Technical and Economic Feasibility of the First Wind Farm on Egypt's Mediterranean Sea Coast

Ahmed¹

2021

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Recently, the utilization of wind turbines in the production of clean energy has been increased to achieve sustainable electricity supply, as planned by the government of Egypt through the use of renewable resources like wind power. This paper purposed to assess the wind power potential for the coastal area in Sidi Barrani province, a meteorological station with mast of 10 m was constructed near the Mediterranean Sea shore in Egypt. The density of wind power was assessed at the level of 100 m monthly and seasonally after taking into account the correction of air density. On the annual basis, the station is rated with high potential 441 kW/m2. This is an ideal location for large-scale wind turbine to generate sustainable electricity. A performance assessment was executed using three commercialized wind generators having capacity of 2000 kW from different manufacturers and were also equal in height and rotor diameter, for choosing the best unit suitable for the target area. The economic analysis of a 200 MW coastal wind farm in the studied area was done using the advanced method of present value costs. The findings prove that the proposed project could produce approximately 988 GWh per year of electrical energy with an economic price of 1.7 US cents per kWh. Consequently, this huge sustainable electrical energy produced from this project can be transferred to Southern European countries along the Mediterranean, because it is relatively more than the Egypt's needs. It also limits the burning of local petroleum products, as well as stopping the emission of thousands of tons of carbon annually.

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“…This recorded growth in Egypt is mainly attributed to solar energy firstly, followed by wind energy [4]. All over the world wind energy has been categorized as a promising clean and renewable source of energy; particularly in Egypt as it has encouraging opportunities due to the natural aspects as well as the governmental interest [17]. Generally, wind turbines are mainly used for converting the kinetic energy of moving air into a rotating mechanical energy to be converted into electrical one via generators [18].…”

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Improving the Performance of Vertical Wind Turbine Using Gears and Timing Belt Mechanism to Reorient the Turbine's Blades

Khader

2020

ERJ. Engineering Research Journal

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Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) are steadily continued to gain more attention from both academia and governments as they can provide promising solutions for harnessing wind energy in locations with modest wind speeds as well as varying wind directions. In spite of all of the flexibility in working conditions as well as low installation costs and ease of maintenance associated with the VAWTs, their lower efficiency levels significantly obstruct their competiveness in the wind energy field. Therefore, enhancing the performance of such turbines is very critical in exploiting their full potential. Accordingly, this paper proposed a mechanical mechanism which is mainly consists of gears and timing belt that are specially designed to effectively enable the turbine blades to instantaneously reorient themselves to face the wind direction. Also, the proposed turbine is enclosed in a specially designed cage with a rear blade attached to it. This rear blade, as affected by the wind, is responsible for making the cage redirect itself such that its inlet is facing the wind direction. To test the validity of the introduced concept, a VAWT prototype with the proposed mechanism has been manufactured and tested using wind tunnel. The test results demonstrated the self-oriented capability of new design that guaranteed maintaining a continuous perpendicular position between the affecting wind direction and the blade surface. The experimental results also confirmed the expected efficiency improvements and the assessed natural theoretically frequencies ensured that the developed turbine can safely rotate with considerably high angular speeds with no resonance risks.

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A critical review of research trends for wind energy in Egypt: recent progress and promising opportunities

Cited by 7 publications

References 124 publications

Comprehensive Review on Renewable Energy Sources in Egypt—Current Status, Grid Codes and Future Vision

Comprehensive Review on Renewable Energy Sources in Egypt—Current Status, Grid Codes and Future Vision

Technical and Economic Feasibility of the First Wind Farm on Egypt's Mediterranean Sea Coast

Improving the Performance of Vertical Wind Turbine Using Gears and Timing Belt Mechanism to Reorient the Turbine's Blades

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