Professional kitesurfer and wind industry ambassador Lewis Crathern is visiting Egypt ahead of this year’s COP27 to raise awareness of the potential for wind energy in the country, as well as the wider region.
Crathern will be visiting some of Egypt’s most prominent wind energy areas in the Gulf of Suez and engaging with local communities benefiting from wind energy along the way.
He will be joined on his trip by British Ambassador to Egypt Gareth Bayley and Lekela Power’s Egypt manager Faissal Eissa.
The trio will visit Lekela’s newly opened West Bakr Wind Farm to engage with the local team on how wind energy is transforming the area’s economy.
Crathern will also visit a local school in the El Gouna area to teach young students about the power of wind energy through his kitesurfing demonstration.
Already this year he’s taken his school sessions to South Africa, where he did a similar presentation with young students to teach them about the power of the wind.
Crathern, Bayley and Eissa will also be enjoying Egypt’s world-class wind resource while kitesurfing on the water during the trip.
Crathern, who is also a GWEC Wind Ambassador, said: “It is an honour to be in Egypt ahead of COP27 combining my passion for kitesurfing with my passion for the environment.
“The opportunity to discuss wind energy with communities already seeing the positive effects renewable energy can have in this area is exciting for me as a long-term supporter of the potential for wind.”
“Everyone from school pupils, to locals employed in the wind sector, right through to the British Ambassador to Egypt is excited by the potential for Egypt, and the wider region.
“This year’s COP is an important moment for the energy transition in Egypt, Africa and the world, and wind energy has a big role to play.”