Notably, Egypt has recurring summertime electricity shortages, and despite being literally in the Sahara desert has been unsuccessfully trying to substantially increase its solar energy production.
Solar power and storage is often not the super-cheap sustainable panacea that theory-crafters make it out to be.
https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/09/01/why-egypts-plans-for-solar-power-are-left-in-the-shade
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Why has Egypt's solar policy failed?
Why has Egypt's solar policy failed? It has missed its 2020 target of producing 20% of its energy from renewables
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