CAIRO- 29 April 2022: The Sharm El-Sheikh International Hospital will be presented as a model for the first green hospital in Egypt, said Ibrahim Fakhr, a member of the Egyptian General Authority for the Healthcare in a statement on Thursday.
This comes in line with Egypt’s preparations to host the Conference of Changes Climate Change for the United Nations (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh next November, he added.
Fakhr also shed light on the importance of legislative amendments to work with the concept of green hospitals, relying on clean and renewable energy, optimal recycling of medical waste, and reducing waste of supplies and medicines.
Since Egypt was announced to be the host of the upcoming COP 27, all state agencies have been working to prepare for the global event, and steps were taken to declare the hosting city, Sharm el-Sheikh, a green city.
The plan to declare Sharm el-Sheikh a green city included a main goal, which is the use of clean energy and encouragement of environmental investment in the areas of preserving the environment, and working on the establishment of a number of projects related to new energy, which was a priority.
All cars and buses in Sharm El Sheikh will operate by electricity, and more than 100 charging points will be established for these vehicles, according to what the Ministry of Environment announced.
Also all hotels in Sharm El-Sheikh will also be powered by solar energy, through the spaces inside each hotel separately, using the net metering system, whereby the solar energy capacities will be increased with this system to reach 1000 megawatts instead of 300 megawatts.
For its part, the United Nations Development Program announced, in cooperation with the Industrial Modernization Center, that it will provide technical and financial support for the establishment of small solar plants in Sharm El-Sheikh.
In the same direction, lands will be granted to companies wishing to implement these clean energy projects, under the usufruct system for a period of 25 years, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Housing.
The Ministry of Electricity also announced that solar projects, up to 1 megawatt, would be exempted from the integration fees on the electrical grid.
Set to be held in November, the upcoming climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh will include a presentation of all renewable energy projects on par with Egypt, implemented by the private sector, with capacities exceeding 2500 megawatts.
Within the direction of clean energy, the first project to produce green ammonia will be commissioned at the end of next October, with a capacity of 100 megawatts.
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