Final Products

Solar-powered cold storage units

Required Inputs

Solar components and cold storage units

Competing Products

Low competition
Electrical cold storage rooms

Potential for Export

Medium

Complexity – Type of Process

Medium – integration and installation process

Technology

Design, wiring, and installation

Equipment and Material

Electrical tools, PV panels, refrigeration units, and electric inverters

Human Resources

Manual labor, technicians, and electrical engineers

Forward Linkage

Farmers and retailers

Local/Regional/Nationwide

Local market- nationwide

Backward Linkage

Electric equipment suppliers

Supporting Entities

System component suppliers, testing facilities, marketing and services companies

Competitive Edge

Provides solar energy operated pump (energy security) and reduces diesel costs, especially for off-grid farms

Revenue Stream

Sales and maintenance of units

CAPEX

50M EGP

Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment.

Investment Size

Large (between 50-500M EGP)

Key Challenge

Convincing clients with a relatively new product and speed of procurement, the high initial cost of the system for end-user, lack of end-user financing, marketing, and sales services, access to high-quality suppliers, meeting product specification and standardization

Advantages

Low operating cost systems compared with electrical cold storage units

Potential Pathways to Growth

Full/integrated solutions for cold storage systems for different crops, locally manufacturing specific components to customize the system to local needs with competitive pricing

Environmental

Reduces GHG emissions

Social

Sustainable and more reliable energy for better farming

Relevant sub-market

Renewable energy solutions

Lies within the following
value chain/cluster(s)

Solar

Serving the following value chain/cluster(s)

fruits and vegetables, food processing, and packaging

Impact

Fills gap of absence of cold storage for agricultural products