Wind Measurements: Potential Assessment in Egypt

While worldwide growth is fast, demand for electricity is exponentially increasing and is expected to continue in the future. Due to the fast growth of Egypt population, Egypt struggles today to fulfill its own energy needs. Moreover, Egypt has been known to rely mainly on oil and natural gas in all of its energy-related activities. Therefore, the rapid rise in energy demand and the depletion of fossil fuels pose a major challenge to the development of Egypt's national economy. It is therefore now necessary to focus on renewable energy sources to supply as much energy as possible, save limited fuel resources and the emissions of greenhouse gases. Egypt has arisen as the Middle East's and Africa's global leader in the use of wind energy for electricity generation in recent years. Egypt has some of the greatest wind resources in the Middle East and North Africa area. This research represents the first wind energy potential assessment that covers major provinces in Egypt. Therefore, we demonstrate the first estimates of wind power accessible from several coastal meteorological stations in different regions of Egypt, where all of the wind data used in this work is presented.