RCREEE and GIZ publish a study on Socio-Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Egypt (Local value and employment)

Cairo- February 2018: According to the newly released study estimations, Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) generated the income of more than 8,800 individuals in 2016 and under the right framework conditions; it can increase to 65,000 by 2030 in Egypt.

The new report developed in cooperation with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH came under the framework of RE-ACTIVATE regional project “Promoting Employment through Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in the MENA Region”.

The study gives an overview of different RE and EE projects employment assessment methods, international experiences and their results.

Furthermore, the study introduced a customized excel based tool to measure employment from RE and EE in Egypt under the current situation and under different assumptions and scenarios in the future.

Click here to view and download the report