The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Tuesday that solar energy stations have been installed in the Royal Jewelry Museum, the Alexandria National Museum, the Manial Palace Museum, and the Giza Pyramids Visitor Center.
This comes as part of the state’s overall plant to transform museums and archaeological sites in Egypt into green and sustainable areas.
The Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, said that the installation of these stations comes to implement a memorandum of understanding signed in November 2022 with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
The MoU was signed on the sidelines of COP27 between the Supreme Council of Antiquities, UNDP, the Industrial Modernization Center (IMC) – small solar cell systems project – the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).
It aims to enhance means of cooperation between the signatories of the memorandum in areas of common interest, especially in promoting the use of small solar cell systems in several museums and archaeological sites.
Wazir noted that the ministry’s plan seeks to transform museums and archaeological sites into sustainable green areas that utilize solar energy as a more economically feasible alternative to electricity.
This will help preserve all kinds of cultural heritage, he said, while achieving Egypt’s 2030 sustainable development strategy.
