Mediterranean Solar Plan – a win-win opportunity !

Conference organised by

EREC (European Renewable Energy Council) 

in cooperation with

ESTELA ( European Solar Thermal Electricity Association)
EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association)
ESTIF (European Solar Thermal Industry Federation)

in the frame of EUSEW 2009 (European Union Sustainable Energy Week)

This conference which brought together over 250 participants. 

The current state of play and key-conditions for success of the Mediterranean Solar Plan was debated during the conference.

The conference furthermore illustrated the potential of the Mediterranean Solar Plan in the next few years.

KEY -NOTE OPENING

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations

PANEL 1: INSTITUTIONAL SET-UP:

Philippe Lorec
Ministère de l’Ecologie, de l’Energie, du Développement durable et de l’Aménagement du territoire, MEEDDAT

Prof. Arthouros Zervos
President of EREC

Roberto Vigotti
Senior Adviser of Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie

PANEL 2: HOW TO MAKE THE MSP WORK?

Paula Abreu Marques
Acting Head of Unit International Energy Relations and Enlargement, European Commission, DG TREN

Ralf Christmann
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature. Conservation and Nuclear Safety, BMU

Philippe Lorec
Ministère de l’Ecologie, de l’Energie, du Développement durable et de l’Aménagement du territoire, MEEDDAT

Tahar Achour
President, Chambre Syndicale Nationale des Energies Renouvelables, Tunesia

Olivier Drücke
President of ESTIF

Karim Asali
First Solar on behalf of EPIA

José Alfonso Nebrera García
President of ESTELA