Towards 100% renewable energy in African megacities: A multi-dimensional assessment of Greater Cairo's transition pathway options

2026/05/22 by Mai ElSayed, Arman Aghahosseini, Tansu Galimova +4 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · Energy · #Energy and Environment Impacts #Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems #Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2026.107201

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• 1/ New research @lut.fi shows that #Cairo, #Africa’s largest megacity, could reach #100RE by 2050. doi.org/10.1016/j.ci... Electrification, solar PV prosumerism, and sub-national electricity trade en [bsky, 22 points, 1 comments]