By utilizing the lands of Egypt, the project aims to develop capacities in the age of modern, ecologically friendly energy. In order to utilize Egypt’s untapped geothermal resources, the project will produce the first generation of students and business owners who can find employment and launch ventures.
| Project Name | Geothermal Energy Capacity Building in Egypt |
| Faculty | Energy Engineering |
| Project start date | November 2020 |
| Duration of the project | 3 years |
| Funding value | 956,867 euros |
| Donor | Erasmus+ |
| Principal investigator | Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali Reda |
| Phone | 01005411408 |
| Ahmadhahd@yahoo.com |
-Improving the scientific skills of the Egyptian staff.
– Improving competencies of the Egyptian HEIs.
-Building a new graduate engineering diploma in geothermal energy in Egypt.
-Constructing an Egyptian-European collaboration.
-Raising awareness of the importance of geothermal energy in Egypt.
-Setting up a stable network between the participating Egyptian HEIs in the geothermal energy field.
– The establishment of Egypt’s first educational geothermal pilot system.
-The creation of geothermal integrated laboratories in Egyptian HEIs.
-The geothermal energy engineering diploma.
-The first wave of diploma graduates.
-The first educational geothermal energy pilot plant in Egypt
-Integrated geothermal energy laboratories at the participating EG HEIs.
-Development of stronger academic relations between EG HEIs and EU HEIs in the field of geothermal energy.
– Development of a stronger academia-industry network between EG HEIs and local enterprises in the field of geothermal energy.
-Raising national awareness about the benefits of geothermal energy.
– The Egyptian Society of Geothermal Energy.
Partners:
Cairo University
Suez Canal University
Ain Shams University
Aswan University
Egyptian-Japanese University of Science and Technology
South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company (Ganope)
New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA)
University of Bologna – Italy
University of Valladolid _ Spain
University of Zagreb_Croatia
Associated Partners:
Binyan
Georenco
Telur
Eco-forest