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meetMED experts on a scoping mission to Tunisia (10-12 April 2019)

April 9, 2019

Tomorrow, 10 April 2019, RCREEE experts Eng. Sara Elhaj, Senior Sustainable Energy Expert, Ms. Rana El-Guindy, Senior Specialist- Energy Economist, and Eng. Akram Al Mohammadi, Sustainable Energy Specialist, will leave for a three-days scoping mission to Tunisia, aiming to shed the light on the evolving importance of energy efficiency in household appliances and on the socio-economic impacts of sustainable energy.

Arranged as part of the meetMED activities, this mission will enable the team to meet key stakeholders, who will help to fill in the gaps identified during the desk research and literature review, needed in view of the organisation of the workshops and of the publication of three dedicated reports, expected by the end of 2019. Specifically, during these three days, our experts will have the opportunity to interact with key Tunisian stakeholders, among others, from: the National Energy Observatory,  the General Directorate of Electricity and Renewable Energy, the General Directorate of Manufacturing industries, the National Agency for Energy Conservation, Alcor, the Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas, the National Institute of Statistics, the Ministry of Trade, the Tunisian Consumer Protection Organisation, the Technical Center for Mechanical and Electrical Industries, Ecoser  and the National Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property.

Hence, overall this mission will help strengthen the background research for some meetMED activities, which tackle not only the impact of EE mechanisms on the local economy – in terms of local economic growth and job creation – in the Southern Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) but also the electricity consumption of household appliances – particularly of air conditioning systems, which entail a continuously growing share of total energy consumed in the target countries.

Publications

Energy Efficiency and Energy Prices: a Peaceful Solution to the Jigsaw – Report of the 6th MEDENER International Conference

April 2, 2019

The 6th MEDENER International Conference has provided a close-up insight in one of the most classic and debated topics related to energy efficiency: energy prices and energy efficiency measures, particularly with respect to end users and families. Specific attention has been given to some countries in the Southern shore of the Mediterranean, where prices are often tariffs and strongly supported by the State.

How should the lack of an efficient energy market affect the design of energy efficiency policies and their implementation? What the consequences of an inefficient energy market on end users’ behaviour? The report of the 6th MEDENER International Conference reflects the exchange between energy experts and practitioners, who tried to answer such questions with a special focus on energy prices constraint.

 

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Monitoring EE and RE Indicators in the Mediterranean Region: a new methodology presented at the meetMED Technical Workshop in Beirut!

April 1, 2019

The meetMED Technical Workshop on Monitoring Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Indicators in the Mediterranean Region wrapped up last March 22nd, 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon.  Organized by ALMEE and ADEME and co-animated by ADEME and ENERDATA, this technical meeting was aimed at presenting a new data collection methodology, enabling the calculation of reliable and comparable indicators for energy efficiency by sectors in four Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (Morocco Algeria, Lebanon, Tunisia).  Twenty energy experts from these countries participated in this very fruitful technical event. Find out more about its main outcomes and way forward here!

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Monitoring Tools for EE and RE Indicators in the Mediterranean: the meetMED workshop starts tomorrow in Beirut, Lebanon!

March 19, 2019

The meetMED Workshop on Monitoring Tools for EE and RE Indicators in the Mediterranean will take place on 20 – 22 March 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon  for a team of experts from ALMEE (Lebanon), ANME (Tunisia), APRUE (Algeria), AMEE (Morocco).

According to the Paris Agreement, all countries have an interest to implement and strictly monitor their EE and RE policies and to measure more accurately their impact on climate.

Monitoring the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs) in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries requires the definition of reliable indicators to assess the impact of policies, measure progress and identify possible next steps.

Building on the results of the MED-IEE project, which monitored the  EE indicators used in Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia between 1990 and 2010, the meetMED Workshop will now update the data for the period 2011- 2018.

The meetMED Workshop will aim specifically at:

  • Introducing meetMED objectives and expected outputs;
  • Training the experts to use EE indicators and relevant databases (MED OBSERV’EEER);
  • Identifying specific support needs in each country, if necessary;
  • Exchanging best practices on monitoring tools.

Further to the Beirut workshop, the meetMED experts will conduct country scoping missions in Palestine, Jordan and Egypt to evaluate the needs and the tools for monitoring EE policies. A  kick-off session has already taken place in Amman on 3 October 2018.

As a result of this activity, a regional report on monitoring NEEAPs, the National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) and four country reports on Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia will be published before the end of 2019.

The Workshop is coordinated by ADEME and ALMEE and is financed by the own contribution of ADEME.

Find out more here.

Event

Workshop on Monitoring EE and RE Indicators

February 26, 2019

The meetMED Workshop on Monitoring  EE and RE Indicators in the Mediterranean will take place on 20 – 22 March 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Following-up the results of the MED-IEE1 project, which compiled reliable data about EE indicators used in Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Tunisia between 1990 and 2010, the Workshop will now update the collected data according to the new specific national needs by looking into the period 2012- 2018.

In the framework of the Paris Agreement, all countries need to implement stricter EE policies and to measure more accurately their impacts on climate. As others, the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries have elaborated National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs) indicating sector-specific measures to be implemented at the national level.

Monitoring the NEEAPs requires the definition of reliable indicators to assess the impact of policies, measure progress and identify possible next steps.

For this reason, this Workshop will aim specifically at:

  • Introducing meetMED objectives and expected outputs;
  • Creating a task force on EE indicators;
  • Creating a task force to using EE indicators databases;
  • Identifying specific support needs in each country, if necessary;
  • Exchanging best practices on monitoring tools.

 

The event is by invitation only.

Event

High-Level Policy Dialogue to Promote the Energy Transition

January 16, 2019

The High Level Policy Dialogue (HLPD) is a platform on sustainable energy that brings together high-level representatives from international financing institutions, banks, private sector, international and regional organizations and governments.

The HLPD sheds the light on the need for regional cooperation among the above-mentioned stakeholders in North African and Middle Eastern countries, in order to further facilitate sustainable investments in the Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) sectors in the region. Furthermore, it discusses the investment and financial tools in the fields of RE & EE that would foster climate change mitigation, while taking into account the countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions, and benefiting from EU’s experience in these policy domains.

The first working session will be held on 30 January 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

Focus will be given to identifying new operational business models that could stimulate investments in these sectors.The outcomes of the dialogue will be helping in better formulating a mid to long-term cooperation between the EU and the Southern Mediterranean countries.

*The event is by invitation only.

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MEDENER President at REDEC 2018

November 12, 2018

 

 

Last week, Dr Dario Chello, president of MEDENER, was invited in Beirut by ALMEE (the Lebanese Association for Energy Saving and Environment) to discuss the meetMED approach to energy transition on the occasion of the Plenary Session of the 4th International Conference on Renewable Energies for Developing countries (REDEC 2018). In particular, he stressed that:

 

  • Nowadays, multilateralism lacks a solid support;
  • Despite this, the two main challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – climate change and migration – cannot be faced easily at the national level;
  • The undesirable effects of climate change are getting everyday more and more visible and there is no much time left to act;
  • The completion of a free market for energy requires a significant amount of time. The EU internal market was launched in 1993 after 10 years spent setting it up. After 35 years, this market is now working properly enough but unfortunately, we cannot wait 35 years more for the completion of a broader Euro-Mediterranean market. Time to act is running out;
  • Conversely, meetMED is trying to speed up energy transition in the region as much as possible, thanks to a multilateral and pragmatic approach aiming at fostering immediate actions independently from the legislative and regulatory framework of each single State.

For further information about the Conference, please visit REDEC 2018 website.

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