Trends in sustainable energy research in the MENA region – Experiences of the Wuppertal Institute...

Trends in sustainable energy research in the MENA region –

Experiences of the Wuppertal Institute

Bernhard Brand

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DISEM Workshop Tunis. September 3, 2012

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• Overview of projects carried out by the Wuppertal Institute• Research topics / Project partners• Wuppertal‘s methods applied in MENA projects

• Sustainable energy research in the MENA region• What are the research trends?• Added value of a research institution for the MENA region

Trends in sustainable energy research in the MENA region

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Wuppertal Institut – MENA projects

Overview: Projects & Publications (since 2009)

Year Country Project / Title Partner(s) Client

1 2012 TUN Value Chain Analysis of Solar Energy Technologies in Tunisia.

E&Y, TunisAdelphi, Berlin

GIZ

2 2012 ALG, MOR The value of dispatchability of CSP plants in the electricity systems of Algeria and Morocco

University of Oran, CNRST Rabat.

Publication in „Energy Policy“

3 2011 TUN Strategic Study on the Energy Mix for Electricity Generation in Tunisia

ALCOR, Tunis GIZ

4 2010 ALG Algeria – A Future Supplier of Electricity from Renewable Energies for Europe?

CREAD, Algiers Heinrich Böll Foundation

5 2010 MENA The potential role of concentrated solar power (CSP) in Africa and Europe

CIEMAT, Spain, DLR, Germany


6 2009 MENA Economical, Technological and Environmental Impact Assessment of National Regulations and Incentives for RE / EE in the MENA Region

RCREEE, Egypt, MVV decon

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DK

7 2009 ALG, UAE, IRAN

Energy Systems in OPEC – System-Analytic Comparison of Nuclear Power, Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency

Adelphi, Berlin BMU

8 2009 EGY, JOR, LEB, MOR, TUN

Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market Integration Project. Development of budget allocation charts for RES and Energy Efficiency

MED-EMIP EU, GIZ

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ALCOR, Tunis GIZ











Adelphi, Berlin BMU



MED-EMIP EU, GIZ


TUNISIA : Value Chain Analysis of Solar Technologies

• Analysis of manufacturing potential for solar components (PV, CSP, SWH)

• Value generation for Tunisian industry sectors• Industry survey / site visits / interviews• Recommendations

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GIZ





ALCOR, Tunis GIZ











Adelphi, Berlin BMU



MED-EMIP EU, GIZ


TUNISIA (II) Strategic Study on the Energy Mix for Electricity Generation:

• Development of 5 different electricity mix scenarios for 2030• Modeling of the electricity system (installed capacities, fuel consumption,

costs (incl. external costs), emissions) • Multi-criteria analysis• Strategy development with Tunisian stakeholders.

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GIZ





ALCOR, Tunis GIZ











Adelphi, Berlin BMU



MED-EMIP EU, GIZ


ALGERIA – A Future Supplier of Electricity from Renewable Energies for Europe?

• Analysis of institutional framework of the Algerian electricity sector• Analysis of regulatory and legal framework for power export • Round table with stakeholders

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Wuppertal Institut – methodologies and knowledge areas

Project / Title

1 Solar Value Chain Analysis of Solar Energy Technologies in Tunisia.

2 Value of dispatchability of CSP plants in the electricity systems of Algeria and Morocco

3 Strategic Study on the Energy Mix for Electricity Generation in Tunisia

4 Algeria – A Future Supplier of Electricity from Renewable Energies for Europe?

5 The potential role of concentrated solar power (CSP) in Africa and Europe

6 RCREEE Impact Assessment of National Regulations and Incentives in the MENA Region

7 Energy Systems in OPEC, System Analytic Comparison: Nuclear, RES, Energy Efficiency

8 Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market Integration Project. (MED-EMIP)

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• Technology (feasibility, field application)• Ressource assessment (wind, solar)• Economic potential• Large-scale RES supply schemes?

In the past :„Understanding renewable technologies and their potential role in the MENA region“

• Infrastructures• Market integration• Financial issues• Legal framework and

regulation• Energy security• Geopolitics• Stakeholder framework• Enviromental impacts• Technology transfer• Business opportunities• Industrial development• Employment effects

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Today:„Understanding the framework, the processes and the impacts of large-scale renewable deployment in the MENA energy systems “

Engineering, Economics. Multitude of further disciplines: Political Science, Finance, Management, Sociology, Law, Environmental Sciences, …

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Added value of a MENA research institution

• Multidisciplinarity to address the increasingly cross-cutting research questions on energy issues in the MENA context

• Independence in order to provide unbiased research (from funding, sponsorship, …)

• Strong participation of „Southern“ researchers and institutes to ensure that the research questions actually address the needs of the MENA economies and societies.


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Thank you very much!


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