The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt

Sustainable large-scale energy storage in Egypt

Research project The increased penetration of fluctuating renewable energy sources, including primarily wind and solar energy, causes imbalance between supply and demand of energy, reduced capacity margins and congestion of electricity networks. One of the more promi ... First year report From administrational perspective, a project website and a data management plan were created. In addition, a communication and engagement plan was developed, and a steering committee was formed. As far as dissemination is concern ...
Period: 2022-08-1 to 2025-07-31 Countries: Egypt Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt Alfa Laval Copenhagen A/S, Denmark Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Industries (ENPPI), Egypt New and Renewable Energy Authority, Egypt Project code: 21-M13-DTU Total grant: 4,997,128 DKK
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Generations and social activism: new forms of youth organisation in Egypt

Research project This PhD project investigates a new and emergent form of youth activism in Egypt. Lately, a growing number of young Egyptians have started to engage in society in order to solve youth-related problems and contributing to social reform and development ... Project Completion Report: The project has explored processes of subjectivity formation and development of generational consciousness among a group of young Muslim volunteers in Cairo engaged in society through Resala, a large Muslim NGO. Follow ...
Period: 2009-09-30 to 2012-12-30 Countries: Egypt Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 09-010KU Total grant: 274,636 DKK
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