The Eectricity Crisis and the Feasibility of Nuclear Energy in Egypt

Abeer Mohamed Abdel Razek Youssef

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The Eectricity Crisis and the Feasibility of Nuclear Energy in Egypt

Abeer Mohamed Abdel Razek Youssef^*

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The power outage crisis is increasing in Egypt, negatively affecting many other sectors such as industry, agriculture, and trade. In light of the lack of sufficient capacity to meet the growing needs of consumers, which has led to regular power shortages and power outages. While Egypt needs additional energy, the production of gas and oil needed to generate thermal energy decreased in 2014, and Egypt moved from an exporter of natural gas to a net importer. In addition to this, the volume of subsidies allocated to energy increased, the rise in global prices for oil and natural gas, and the need for huge investments to create Power generation plants, development of transportation networks, and distribution of electrical energy, which led to pressure on the general budget. A continuous and reliable supply of electricity is needed for Egypt's social and economic development. Accordingly, the government encouraged the development of new energy, invited the private sector to participate in energy generation, and a number of government reforms were made in order to enhance competition in the energy market, which required the need to study the possibility of providing it using nuclear energy. Its stations have a high load capacity, operate almost at full capacity all the time, are characterized by the stability of the electrical network and energy independence, and avoid the risks of fuel price shocks, and the costs of generating electricity from them decrease with increasing production. The importance of this research lies in highlighting the challenges facing the structure of the electricity sector in Egypt, and studying the advantages enjoyed by nuclear energy as the most important renewable energy sources in the world. Its importance also lies in comparing nuclear energy with other energy sources, and trying to benefit Egypt from obtaining this energy for use. In economic development projects, rationalizing tariffs and supporting their access to the poor. This research is divided into:The first topic: The electricity generation crisis in Egypt and a development vision for the contribution of nuclear energy to its solution, The second topic: trends in development planning for establishing nuclear plants in Egypt. The electricity generation crisis in Egypt and a development vision for the contribution of nuclear energy to its solution.

Published in	American Journal of Engineering and Technology Management (Volume 9, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajetm.20240904.12
Page(s)	92-106
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Oil, Fuel Prices, Natural Gas, Electricity, Carbon Emissions, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Nuclear Energy, Egypt

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