Mediterranean Renewable Energy Programme MEDREP A WSSD Type II Initiative of the Italian Ministry fo

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Mediterranean Renewable Energy Programme
(MEDREP) A WSSD Type II Initiative of the
Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory
Giuseppe M. SFLIGIOTTI General Director OME -
Observatoire Méditerranéen de lEnergie
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MEDREP Partners

• Starting from countries bordering the
  Mediterranean may be extended to other
  interested countries
• Italian Ministry for Environment and Territory
  (IMET)
• Agence de lEnvironnement et de la Maîtrise de
  lEnergie (ADEME)
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
• International Solar Energy Society Italy (ISES
  Italy)
• Mediterranean Association of the National
  Agencies for Energy Conservation (MEDENER)
• Observatoire Méditerranéen de lEnergie (OME)
• Regional Centre for Central and Eastern Europe
  (REC)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• World Bank (WB)
• Others to be invited EIB, ...

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MEDREP Goal

• Serve 100 million people on off grid in North
  and South Mediterranean
• How?
• By creating the environment in which the private
  sector can invest

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Why the Mediterranean?

• Renewable sources can serve many of the regional
  needs
• Strong regional, historical and cultural links
  between southern and northern Mediterranean
• Numerous studies and on-going projects
• RE potential, assessed with easy and widely
  accepted tools, facilitates experience exchange
  and result comparison
• Existing networks of government and renewable
  energy agencies (OME, MEDENER, etc.)
• EU and IEA Member countries interest

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South and North Mediterranean
South Mediterranean Countries
North Mediterranean Countries
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Share of energy sources in Southern and Eastern
Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) BAU scenario
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MEDREP Objectives

• To provide modern energy services
• To contribute to climate change mitigation and
  local pollution reduction by increasing the share
  of RE technologies in the energy mix of the region

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MEDREP Implementation 4 program components

• Policy compatibility co-operation in policy
  making and experience sharing
• Capacity building public-private
  partnerships to identify market approaches,
  develop common business practices, optimise
  incentives and investments
• Project management assistance help
  developers structure bankable proposals
• Increased investments financial sector
  partnerships innovative financial instruments to
  mobilise capital assess trading mechanisms and
  promote the pilot use of TRECs and CDM

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MEDREP Structure

• Steering Committee
• Secretariat

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MEDREP Pilot Phase

• Renewable energy projects 8 M allocated by IMET
  through bilateral agreements with Mediterranean
  countries
• The Mediterranean Renewable Energy Centre
  (MEDREC) financially supported by IMET

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MEDREC

• Established on January 26 , 2004
• Headquarters in Tunis
• Centre for training, information dissemination,
  networking and development of pilot projects in
  the field of RE
• MEDREC reference point for MEDREP

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MEDREC Objectives

• Deployment of financing sources and mechanisms
  options for the financial support of RE
• Capacity building
• Information, dissemination
• Identification and development of pilot projects
• Technology transfer
• Implementation of the efficiency of RE systems

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MEDREC Structure

• Steering Committee
• Technical Director
• Two deputy directors
• Technical staff 9 experts from Algeria, Egypt,
  Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, UNEP and Italy

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MEDREC Work programmePhase 1 (March - August 04)

• State of the art on RE in the Mediterranean
  region
• Identification of partners
• Identification of financial mechanisms
• Development of a Solar Water Heating pilot
  project
• The Centre is operational
• Preparation of the work programme for the second
  phase

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MEDREC Work programmePhase 2 (September 04 -
August 05)

• MEDREC completely operational
• Official presentation of MEDREC and the programme
  of activities in September 04
• Implementation of the work programme defined in
  Phase 1
• Proposals for new projects
• Dissemination of information
• Elaboration and proposal of the work programme
  for 2005

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Forthcoming events

• May 2004 next meeting of the MEDREC Steering
  Committee
• September 2004 official launch of MEDREP at High
  Level on the occasion of the presentation of the
  MEDREC activities

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Expected Results of MEDREP

• Contribution to utility generation from renewable
  energies
• Increased access to electricity for isolated,
  rural populations
• Better water supply quality, including
  commercially-viable desalination of sea water
• Improved productivity from agriculture and
  fisheries
• Improved community services for economic
  development

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Conclusions

• MEDREP offers a unique framework to
• Overcome RE market barriers, both regionally and
  nationally
• Increase the portfolio and the realisation of RE
  projects in the region
• Significantly leverage development funds (e.g.
  MEDA) to combat poverty through energy service
  provision
• Build regional reliability
• Provide potential model for regional cooperation
  schemes (Latin America, Eastern EU, etc.)

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Thank you for your attention
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