Saturday, March 29, 2008

Could Egyptian windmills eclipse Saudi oil wells?

We would like to share with you all this article addressing Egypt renewable fuels:

..“If you cover a relatively small portion of Egyptian territory with solar collectors, you will be able to supply the power needs of the whole of Europe,” he said. “The problem is that the investment in order to do this would be huge.”

Last year, Egypt’s wind power capacity ranked 21st in the world, producing about 310 megawatts, up from 145 in 2005. Still, this figure is dwarfed by the 3,129 megawatts generated in Denmark, 15,145 in Spain and 22,247 in Germany. Egypt was ranked just one spot above Belgium, a country with less than one-seventh the population and one-thirtieth the land.

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