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Egyptian Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar inaugurated the Egyptian-Chinese Joint Laboratory for Renewable Energy at the Regional Development Research Center of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) in Sohag on Monday.
The first-of-its-kind lab specialises in developing solar or photovoltaic cells and improving solar energy production and efficiency at the regional level.
The academy plans to transform the Karaman Island, where the newly opened lab is located in the Sohag governrate, into a regional hub for innovation and clean energy development. It is the first Egyptian research station in the Silk Road initiative.
State Minister of Military Production Mohamed El-Assar, president of the academy Mahmoud Sakr and Sohag Governor Ahmed El-Ansari attended the opening ceremony along with several officials from other state ministries, chiefs of universities and research centres, as well as a host of Chinese officials.
