EuroMed Energy Cooperation & the Mediterranean Solar Plan: A unique opportunity for a fresh start in a new era?
Emmanuel Bergasse, Energy Economist (Independent Expert)
Date of publication: 06/2011
The Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP), the Union for the Mediterranean’s
(UfM) flagship initiative, has faced the challenge of unfavourable
investment conditions in most Southern Mediterranean countries and also,
since 2011, sudden and historical poli-tical changes and tensions. The
MSP objectives to reach 20 GW of solar capacity by 2020 and bring
substantial economic and social benefits for those countries are at
stake. This paper examines the conditions and options for a highly
effective and coherent MSP through domestic energy reforms with the
support of the EuroMed energy cooperation.
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