Project

Objectives

The STS MED project aims to promote and implement innovative technologies and know-how transfer in the field of solar energy including that stemming from the private sector and especially from SMEs, and that may be implemented in particular in public facilities through public procurement processes.

The specific objectives of this project are:

• to facilitate the adoption of CS small scale integrated systems in the Mediterranean basin, with a focus on the deployment of a flexible toolbox of CS applications by demonstrating their effectiveness in public building and premises;
• to deploy technologies from RTD results through case studies analysis and impact assessment and the creation of demonstration units;
• to create new opportunities for the commercial and industrial sectors, notably by improving the technical skills of professionals involved and enabling SMEs to set up a full supply chain in the solar energy sector.

Partners

Consorzio Arca (Italy)

Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) (Italy)

Sicilian Region – Office for energy consumption reduction and energy efficiency improvement – Regional Council for Economics (Italy)

Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Cyprus)

The Cyprus Institute (Cypus)

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Jordan)

Al Balqa Applied University (Jordan)

Millennium Energy Industries (Jordan)

Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (Egypt)

Elsewedy Electric (Egypt)

New and Renewable Energy Authority (Egypt)

Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications – University of Athens (Greece)

CEEI Provence (France)

French Alternative Energies Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) (France)

Sectors

• Green Economy
• Innovation & Research
• Renewable Energies (Water, Solar, Wind)
• Sustainable Development

Target groups

• Decision-makers (local, regional and national levels)
• Education & Research
• Experts
• Interest groups
• International organizations
• Sectoral agencies
• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Beneficiaries

• Decision-makers (local, regional and national levels)
• Education & Research
• Experts
• Interest groups
• International organizations
• Sectoral agencies
• Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Budget

90% – European Union (ENPI CBC MED)
10% – Project co-financing

Timeline

Realisations

• 4 demonstration plants, in Cyprus, Egypt, Italy and Jordan
• 20,000 end-users in 20 communities served by the plants