Climate Smart Technological Solutions in Egypt: Hydropower Plant of the New Assiut Barrage Case Study

Ayman F Batisha

doi:10.4172/2165-784x.1000120

Abstract

In Egypt, Hydropower sector plays a key role in Climate smart technological solutions to mitigate and adapt climate change. Egypt intends to replace the existing Assiut barrage in Nile River with a new one incorporating a hydropower plant. The technical and economical feasibility of the rehabilitation of the existing barrage including the installation of a low head hydropower plant of about 32 MW is proved. The electricity production of about 250 GWh annually is planed. The optimization of hydropower output will be achieved through mitigation of project-related environmental and social impacts. The implementation of measures to predict, monitor and mitigate or avoid construction and operation impacts is planned. This Paper sets out information relating to the contribution of Hydropower plant of New Assiut Barrage Project towards Adaptation and sustainability options. The Paper assesses the socio-economic and environmental impact of the project, the indicators applicable to the scheme / community in question, and details of the method used to diagnose and monitor social-environmental performance. Where applicable, the diagnostic for the community must be presented separately from that carried out for the scheme. The Paper concludes that the Hydropower plant of the New Assiut Barrage Project has very promising positive aspects in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation and sustainable development in Egypt.

Highlights

IntroductionKyoto Protocol provides for a variety of measures to achieve greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions through three special “Flexibility Mechanisms”
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), first adopted in1992, established an international legal framework to address global climate change
This review of potential HPP energy output has made the following conclusions: There is a significant, higher level of uncertainty regarding the nature of headpond levels rise above the 50.8m level

Summary

Introduction

Kyoto Protocol provides for a variety of measures to achieve GHG reductions through three special “Flexibility Mechanisms” These mechanisms are: Clean Development Mechanism, Joint Implementation and International Emissions Trading. Weisser [10] argues that electricity supply in these territories is more expensive because there are high fuel transmission costs These constraints require a different approach from that of mainland territories. As argued by Maria and Tsoutsos [12], the energy balance could be improved with the reinforcement of energy independence and safety and decentralization of energy production systems, simultaneously reducing losses of transferred energy and national energy dependence They are usually tourist sites, receiving a significant, and often increasing, number of tourists, which aggravates the problems of energy and water supply with the existing capacity, especially during peak tourist periods [13].

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