Year of launch::
01.01.2012
Duration of production:
4 an(s)
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The objective of the project is to strengthen a quality infrastructure for solar energy and to improve its connection with training institutions. The project focuses initially on solar thermal technology (solar water heaters).
Within the framework of this project, the partner countries are Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. The project deals with five areas of intervention, including:
- The support to educational institutions and the implementation of specialized regional networks,
- The development of competences within the national standards institutes in terms of solar energy,
- The improvement of the conformity assessment of solar thermal installations,
- The improvement of metrological tracking,
- The raising awareness and informative campaigns on the quality infrastructure.
The partners
The project is carried out through a close collaboration with the German technical cooperation agencies (PTB) in particular with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Funding:
The projet is in part financed by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Duration
- First phase 2012 – 2016
- Second phase 2016-2020
Residential and small trades
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The scarcity of national natural resources along with the increase of energy demand leads Tunisia to initiate an energy transition process focusing on the increase of the share of renewable energies in the production of electricity in order to reach 12% by 2020 and 30% by 2030, in comparison to the current 3%. Indeed, the objective is to reach a renewable electric power of 3815 MW by 2030. -
International negotiations on climate change resulted in a historic agreement in December 2015 in Paris called the "Paris Agreement" -
Penetration rate of renewable energies in electricity production in 2030