The document discusses the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP), which aims to increase renewable energy capacity in the Mediterranean region. It outlines the MSP's goals of developing large-scale solar power and grid interconnections, as well as energy efficiency opportunities. It also describes the "Paving the Way for MSP" project, which works with countries to improve regulations, transfer knowledge, support sustainable energy policies, and facilitate investment to enable the MSP. The project addresses both country-specific and regional issues through various tasks.

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