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The 6th MEDENER International Conference has provided a close-up on one of the most classic and debated topics related to energy efficiency: energy prices and EE measures, particularly with respect to end users and families. Specific attention has been given to some countries in the Southern and Eastern 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 are 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, focusing particularly on energy prices constraints. Read and download the full report here.

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.

The meetMED Technical Workshop on Monitoring Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Indicators in the Mediterranean Region wrapped up last March 22^nd, 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!

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.

Venerdi 18 maggio 2018, si è tenuto a Barcellona, l’evento di lancio del progetto Europeo MEETMED “Mitigation ENABLING Energy Transition in the MEDITERRANEAN REGION”, presso il segretariato dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo, UFM, alla presenza del rappresentante della Direzione Generale Politiche di Vicinato della Commissione Europea.

MeetMED, sviluppato dall’Associazione delle Agenzie Nazionali per l’Efficienza Energetica e le Fonti Rinnovabili dei Paesi del Mediterraneo (MEDENER) e dal Centro Regionale delle Energie rinnovabili ed Efficienza Energetica (RCREEE) dei paesi arabi, ha come obiettivo di sostenere la transizione energetica a livello nazionale in tutti i paesi del Sud

Con la firma presso il segretariato dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo a Barcellona ha preso il via MEETMED, il progetto europeo per facilitare la transizione energetica nei Paesi euro-mediterranei attraverso un sensibile incremento delle fonti rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica nel mix energetico dell’area entro il 2040.

progetto MEETMEDFinanziato dall’Ue con 1,6 milioni per una durata di 2 anni, il progetto MEETMED (Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Region) conta come partner MEDENER, l’associazione delle agenzie nazionali dei Paesi del Mediterraneo per le energie rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica e il centro regionale RCREEE per le energie rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica con sede al Cairo.

(Teleborsa) – Con la firma presso il segretariato dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo a Barcellona ha preso il via MEETMED (Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Region), il progetto europeo per facilitare la transizione energetica nei Paesi euro-mediterranei attraverso un sensibile incremento delle fonti rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica nel mix energetico dell’area entro il 2040.

Finanziato dall’Unione Eur con 1,6 milioni per una durata di 2 anni, il progetto MEETMED conta come partner MEDENER, l’associazione delle agenzie nazionali dei Paesi del Mediterraneo per le energie rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica e il centro regionale RCREEE per le energie rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica con sede al Cairo.

Il progetto ha una durata di 2 anni ed è finanziato dall’UE con 1,6 milioni di euro.
Con la firma presso il segretariato dell’Unione per il Mediterraneo a Barcellona ha preso il via MEETMED (Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the Mediterranean Region), il progetto europeo per facilitare la transizione energetica nei Paesi euro-mediterranei attraverso un sensibile incremento delle fonti rinnovabili e dell’efficienza energetica nel mix energetico dell’area entro il 2040.

Finanziato dall’Unione Eur con 1,6 milioni per una durata di 2 anni, il progetto MEETMED conta come partner MEDENER, l’associazione delle agenzie nazionali dei Paesi del Mediterraneo per le energie rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica e il centro regionale RCREEE per le energie rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica con sede al Cairo.

A rede das agências nacionais de energia do Mediterrâneo (MEDENER) realizou, nos dias 17 e 18 de maio, a primeira reunião do consórcio e a sessão de lançamento do projeto MEETMED – Mitigation Enabling Energy Transition in the MEDiterranean Region. Os eventos tiveram lugar na sede da União para o Mediterrâneo, em Barcelona.

O projeto MEETMED, o primeiro da rede MEDENER com financiamento europeu, teve início no dia 2 de maio, na sequência da assinatura do contrato com a Direção-Geral da Política de Vizinhança e das Negociações de Alargamento (DG NEAR) da Comissão Europeia em 23 de abril. O projeto é gerido pela rede MEDENER, em consórcio com o RCREEE – Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, tem a duração de dois anos e um orçamento total próximo dos 2 milhões de euros.