Exchange of Notes for Environmental Program Grant Aid for the Arab Republic of Egypt (The Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System)

February 12, 2010
Japanese

The Government of Japan has decided to extend environmental program grant aid (the Project for Introduction of Clean Energy by Solar Electricity Generation System) totaling 970 million JPY to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Notes to this effect were exchanged on February 11 (Thu) (local time: same day) in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, between Mr. Kaoru Ishikawa, Japanese Ambassador to Egypt, and Ms. Fayza Aboulnaga, Minister of International Cooperation of Egypt.
This grant aid will provide solar power generation equipment to be installed in Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) site, which is currently being jointly established through the cooperation between Japan and Egypt. Egypt is presently dealing with insufficient energy in addition to striving for environmental improvement. For this reason, the country is actively working towards the provision of power generation facilities that utilize renewable energy. This grant aid will greatly contribute to these efforts by striving for a reduction in CO2 emissions through the use of Egypt’s abundant sunlight. It is also expected that, by being installed in E-JUST site, which is set to become a central engineering research facility in the Middle East/African region, Japanese technology will proliferate throughout the region in the future.
Japan supports initiatives for climate change counter-measures in developing countries by making use of Japan's advanced green technology through the FY2009 revised budget. This grant aid is a part of this support.

(Reference) Egypt is located in northern Africa. It covers a land area of one million square kilometers (approximately 2.6 times the size of Japan) and has a population of approximately 80 million people (2007). Egypt’s Gross National Income (GNI) per capita is 1,800 USD (2008).

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