Egypt has set a target for 37 per cent of its power to come from renewable energy sources by 2035.

Speaking at the Middle East Electricity conference in Dubai on 8 March, Ehab Farouk Abd el-Aziz, manager of planning, New & Renewable Energy Authority (Nrea), revealed that the North African state was committed to reaching the ambitious target through a number of technologies and procurement models.

El-Aziz said that the target would be reached through the development of renewable capacity through three models: competitive bidding, merchant scheme and its feed-in-tariff (FIT) programme.

The 37 per cent target is a significant increase on the 20 per cent clean energy goal it has set for 2022.

El-Aziz told the conference that 900MW of renewable energy had already been installed, with 400MW under construction and a further 4,000MW in various stages of the planning and development phases.