Egypt: Geothermal pilot planned for Red Sea


Issue 322 - 29 Apr 2016 | 1 minute read

The natural hot sulphuric springs at Hammam Pharaon in South Sinai governorate on the east coast of the Gulf of Suez were a popular tourist destination before security concerns scared off most international visitors. They may now represent the best indicator of a potential geothermal resource which will be studied by a joint venture agreed on 24 April by New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) chairman Dr Mohamed Sobky and Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company chairman Sherif Soussa. In a telephone interview with African Energy, Sobky said the new company study a pilot project at Hammam Pharaon, where “there is an early indication that we can utilise some of the geothermal energy”.

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