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Mai Ghandour – Ahram Online
“Ahead of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Egypt is launching several environmentally friendly projects, which include solar energy plants, a new central park in Sharm El-Sheikh, and a robust transportation system”, the Egyptian cabinet announced on Wednesday.
“The two new plants will have a total capacity of 20 megawatts. The number of stations is expected to increase over the coming months to cover Sharm El-Sheikh with 160 megawatts”, Governor of South Sinai Khaled Fouda explained.
The projects include installing a solar station atop the Sharm El-Sheikh City Council building. In addition, the governorate will organise several workshops, targeting investors and hotel owners, dubbed “Together to deploy small solar power plants in Sharm El-Sheikh”.
At the Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, a cooperation protocol was signed between Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad and the Governor of South Sinai to build a new central park in the resort city.
The central park is being built on area of 30 feddans facing Sharm El-Sheikh City Council headquarters. Construction works began last December and are scheduled to be completed by March 2022.
“The project should help achieve ecological balance and prevent desertification by planting more trees to beautify the environment, improve air quality and protect the land from environmental damage”, Environment Minister Yassmine Fouad said in a statement.
The Governor spoke about number of environmentally friendly transportation projects. “Sharm El-Sheikh will provide all gas stations, parking lots and hotel garages in the city with electric car charging units”, he added.
The Egyptian government is pressing ahead with plans to convert thousands of petrol-powered vehicles to run on natural gas, as part of a national effort to preserve the environment.
Buses, taxis and private cars in Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh are being converted to run on natural gas or electricity.
