1. Paving the Way for the Mediterranean Solar
Plan
Z’ev Gross
Country Coordinator

2. What is the Mediterranean Solar Plan
(MSP)?
 Originally articulated by France, Germany and Egypt
(2006/2007)
 Officially launched as a project of The Union for the
Mediterranean (UfM)
 Part of the EU/Med free trade area effort (Barcelona
Process)
 Will define large scale RE projects for power, develop
grid interconnections as well as EE opportunities
 Originally designed to put 20 GW RE (solar) capacity
by 2020

3. EU Directive – Promotion of Use of Energy
from Renewable Resources (2009)
 Enhancing ramifications on MSP
- supported MSP by giving it a market (import)
 Restricting Ramifications on MSP
- support limited to power sourced in facilities
commissioned after Directive goes into force
- Mechanisms to track and account for generation,
imports etc.
- Must be incorporated in agreements with third
countries

4. Paving the Way for MSP
 EU funded project creating “platform” for MSP;
 Itself aimed at assisting the Mediterranean Partner
Countries create an environment enabling significant
increase in deployment of sustainable energy systems
based on RE;
 PWMSP structured to address country by country needs
(“vertical tasks”) as well as regional issues which must be
addressed to assure the successful implementation of MSP
(“horizontal tasks”).
 Project Consortium: MVV decon (Germany)(Consortium
Leader), ENEA (Italy); RTE International (France);
Sonelgaz (Algeria); Terna (Italy)

5. “Vertical Task” 1 - Improvement of
Regulatory and Legislative Framework
 Benchmarking of existing practices (vs. EU) (x)
 Roadmaps- Regulatory Convergence (vs. EU) (c)
 Discussion of Roadmaps with Country Stakeholders
 Definition of Infrastructure Needs (x)
 Revised National Roadmaps – Regional Roadmap –
Regional Seminar
 Implementation of Regional Roadmap

6. “Vertical Task” 2 – Transfer of Knowledge
and Capacity Building
 Improved intra/inter regional transfer of knowledge
- Questionnaire + baseline (c)
- Roadmap for cooperation
- International Seminar – Euro-Med cooperation in R&D
- F/U of knowledge transfer
 Capacity Building
- Clean Technology Platform (good practices
database)
- Strategic research agenda and implementation plan
- Training Programs

7. “Vertical Task” 3 - Support to Implement
Sustainable Energy Policies
 Institutional setting for RE promotion
- Benchmarking institutional setting
- Roadmaps to best practice
- Discussion with stakeholders
- Revised roadmaps + regional seminar
 Policies allowing competitive RE deployment
- Promotion of arrangements for registering CDM projects
- Promoting registration of certificates of renewables’ origin
- Promoting transparent, low-risk instruments for grid-
connected renewables
- Ensuring preferential dispatch
- Manual of best practice

8. “Vertical Task” 3 - Support to Implement
Sustainable Energy Policies (cont.)
 Recommendations on Governance of MSP
- Advice on governance

9. “Vertical Task” 4- Support to Investment
 Bridging Fossil/Alternative/RE cost gap
- Determination of costs and benefits (c)
- Determination of cost sharing formulae
 Making projects bankable
- Creation of support tools for MSP project
investment
- Direct assistance to investors
- MSP investment Road Show

10. “Horizontal Task” A – Mediterranean Grid
and European Backbone Evaluation
 Assess present state of electrical infrastructures
 Network access and potential congestion
 Define needs for refurbishment and reinforcement

11. “Horizontal Task” B – Key Issues Supporting
MSP Master Plan Implementation
 Definition of the adequacy of generation evolution in
light of exchanges situation with neighboring
countries
 Conceptual design of a portable and scalable reference
project for rural application
 Assess storage technologies and define guidelines for
tailored application to specific needs of Southern and
Eastern Med countries
 Coordination with ongoing EU efforts – e.g.
MEDRING

12. Thank you for your Attention
Z’ev Gross
gross.zev@gmail.com
050-6206269