Towards a sustainable energy future for Egypt: A systematic review of renewable energy sources, technologies, challenges, and recommendations

Salah, Salma I.; Eltaweel, Mahmoud; Abeykoon, Chamil

doi:10.1016/j.clet.2022.100497

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“…The challenges associated with the use of RE are illustrated in Figure b. − The key points are as follows: Intermittence: Most RE-based energy sources, such as wind and solar power, are intermittent, meaning that their energy output varies with weather conditions. This can make the provision of a consistent and reliable energy supply difficult.…”

Section: Renewable Energy Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Renewable Energy: Challenges and Prospects

Nguyen,

Tarełko,

Sharma

et al. 2024

Energy Fuels

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Modern machine learning (ML) techniques are making inroads in every aspect of renewable energy for optimization and model prediction. The effective utilization of ML techniques for the development and scaling up of renewable energy systems needs a high degree of accountability. However, most of the ML approaches currently in use are termed black box since their work is difficult to comprehend. Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) is an attractive option to solve the issue of poor interoperability in black-box methods. This review investigates the relationship between renewable energy (RE) and XAI. It emphasizes the potential advantages of XAI in improving the performance and efficacy of RE systems. It is realized that although the integration of XAI with RE has enormous potential to alter how energy is produced and consumed, possible hazards and barriers remain to be overcome, particularly concerning transparency, accountability, and fairness. Thus, extensive research is required to address the societal and ethical implications of using XAI in RE and to create standardized data sets and evaluation metrics. In summary, this paper shows the potential, perspectives, opportunities, and challenges of XAI application to RE system management and operation aiming to target the efficient energy-use goals for a more sustainable and trustworthy future.

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Section: Renewable Energy Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Renewable Energy: Challenges and Prospects

Nguyen,

Tarełko,

Sharma

et al. 2024

Energy Fuels

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“…Fig. 8 summarizes Egypt's efforts in the field of energy generation; information was adopted from [49,50,35,51,52,53,47,48].…”

Section: Decentralizing Clean Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

COP27 Making a Case for a Net Zero-Carbon Emissions Future by Implementing Technological Solutions and Mindset Transformation

Ewis

El-Shafie

Sakr

2023

IJECC

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Carbon emissions pose a massive risk to our planet's health. According to the Paris Climate Agreement, nations pledged to limit global warming to 1.5°C to mitigate climate change's impacts. This target will not be achieved without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors. Unfortunately, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the new natural gas discoveries in some countries have also slowed down the pace of decarbonization. Aside from that, a faint light at the end of the tunnel could be seen from the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which pointed to increasing actions on climate change. Fortunately, achieving future zero carbon emission is still possible via the implementation of holistic frameworks that promote existing and emerging green technologies and helps the community to transform. This policy paper proposes a framework that integrates technology use and mobilizes the transformation of communities' mindsets to cope and adapt to climate change. The proposed framework will then be implemented in the country hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 27), Egypt, and it is recommended to be used by scholars and policymakers for future assessment of the country's climate change performance. Finally, the paper provides a set of recommendations to governments, policymakers, and communities to accelerate the movements toward a net zero-carbon future.

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“…However, RE transition in Egypt is sluggish, being below the target of the RE share in electricity generation (20% in 2020), possibly because of the massive expansion of other conventional power plants [62]. Salah et al [63], in their holistic investigation of RE transition in Egypt, emphasized that the current regulations slow down the development of the RE sector, such as the "non-harmonized regulations between the government sectors." Notwithstanding, the author may differ from them, as this study showed the coordination level.…”

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confidence: 99%

Rural Energy Communities as Pillar towards Low Carbon Future in Egypt: Beyond COP27

Abouaiana

2022

Land

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Egypt pays extraordinary attention to climate action, which is gaining momentum, coinciding with reaching the peak of the status quo by hosting the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Conference of Parties (COP27). Renewable energy sources are one of the principal axes of the state’s plan to combat climate change and open new horizons toward decarbonization. Rural commons act as a food basket and are essential to function in urban areas and enhance ecosystem services, even though currently they are facing extraordinary environmental challenges. Therefore, this study aims to restore the function of the rural commons from consumerism to productivity as an energy basket and create a tendency and momentum toward a self-sufficiency dogma by promoting the rural energy community concept from a top-down approach in Egypt. Two steps can articulate this: First, defining the legal key concept and showing its roots in European policies to provide a direction to this research. Second, by analyzing the current Egyptian legalization, laws, efforts, and best practices, those could address, allow, and encourage the concept’s core. The results proved that this is the first research to discuss the concept from the climate–energy–land use perspective, integrated with a previous bottom-up intervention. Meanwhile, it explains the current state of knowledge and a better understanding of the institutional context, showing the high level of coordination of cross sectors and proving that rural energy communities are presented in the bottom-up practices. This can support decisionmakers and paves the way for researchers, academic bodies, and energy experts to explore other insights.

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Towards a sustainable energy future for Egypt: A systematic review of renewable energy sources, technologies, challenges, and recommendations

Cited by 50 publications

References 141 publications

Potential of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Renewable Energy: Challenges and Prospects

Potential of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Advancing Renewable Energy: Challenges and Prospects

COP27 Making a Case for a Net Zero-Carbon Emissions Future by Implementing Technological Solutions and Mindset Transformation

Rural Energy Communities as Pillar towards Low Carbon Future in Egypt: Beyond COP27

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