Project Brochure

1. EU Programme: Mediterranean Sea
Basin programme 2007-2013,
implemented through
ENPI-CBCMED’s Call for Strategic
Projects 2011.
The ENPI CBC Med Programmeaims at
reinforcing cooperation between the
European Union and partner countries
regions placed along the shores of the
Mediterranean Sea.
(http://www.enpicbcmed.eu)
Development and implementation of decentralised
solar energy-related innovative technologies for
public buildings in the Mediterranean Basin countries
ENPI
CBCMEDCROSS-BORDER COOPERATION
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Project funded by the
EUROPEAN UNION
COORDINATION: UAB
PARTNERS: UAB (Project Beneficiary and coordinator)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, BEG research group
MR Catalonia, Spain. www.uab.cat
AEIPLOUS
Institute for Innovation and Sustainable Development
MR Patras, Greece. www.aeiplous.org
EAEE
Egyptian Association for Energy and Environment
MR Marsa Matrouh, Egypt. www.eaee-eg.com
BAU
Al-Balqa' Applied University
MR Al-Balqaand Irbid, Jordan. www.bau.edu.jo
AU
University of Alexandria
MR Alexandria, Egypt. www.alexu.edu.eg
MAICh
Mediterranean Agronomical Institute of Chania
MR Crete, Greece. www.maich.gr
EsE
Eco-System Europa, SL
MR Catalonia, Spain. www.eco-system-es.eu
CONTACTS: JoaquimVergés
UAB-BEG, Project coordinator
joaquim.verges@didsolit.org
Magda Cayón
UAB-BEG, Project executive coordinator
magda.cayon@didsolit.org
Alex Parella
UAB-BEG, Project Manager
alex.parella@didsolit.org
DURATION: Three years
STARTING DATE: from 13th December 2012
to 12th December 2015
PROJECT Total budget : 4.473.253 €
FUNDING: ENPI CBC Med funding: 4.025.928 €
European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument
- Cross Border Cooperation in the Mediterranean”.
EU PROJECT: “The European Union is made up of 27 Member States
who have decided to gradually link together their
know-how, resources and destinies.Together, during
a period of enlargement of 50 years, they have built a
zoneofstability,democracyandsustainabledevelopment
whilst maintaining cultural diversity, tolerance and
individual freedoms.The European Union is committed
tosharingitsachievementsanditsvalueswithcountries
and peoples beyond its borders”.
The European Commission is the EU's executive body.
(http://ec.europa.eueuropeaid/index_en.htm)
(http://www.enpicmcmed.eu) www.didsolit.eu

2. Project background
The rise in energy demand has aggravated the dependence on
fossil fuels imports of most of the Mediterranean countries.With
a forecast increase by 70% in energy consumption over the next
20 years, there is an urgent need to secure alternative energy
sources especially for buildings, that have a share of total energy
used higher than 40%, i.e. superior to the industrial or transport
sector.
Promotingthegenerationofsolarpowermightimprovesomeof
the particular energy issues in the involved countries:
· Energy security supply & foreign trade balance
(reducing foreign dependence/ reduction of oil imports), and
· Environment sustainability
(GHGemissionsreduction,byreducingtheconsumptionoffossil
fuels).
Project objectives
This interdisciplinary project is addressed to promote and
implementinnovativetechnologiesandknow-howtransferinthe
fieldofdecentralised,smallscale,solarpowersystems,thatmay
be integrated in public buildings/premises.
All this to be achieved through cross-border public-private
partnership and cooperation among entities (with special
attention to SMEs) from Mediterranean Regions (MR) in: Spain,
Greece, Egypt and Jordan.
The project will focus on solar technologies that are already
available in the market, although some of them may be in a
pre/first-commercial stage or in a larger scale.
Target groups
• Owners and users of pilot public buildings
• SMEs specialised in solar energy
• National and local authorities in charge of renewable energies
Final beneficiaries
• Owners of public buildings
•Technicians and researchers
•Technological centres
Expected results
• Toimproveknowledgeonthepotentialandcomparativecost-
benefitofthereferredinnovativetechnologiesfordecentralised
applicationsinpublicbuildings(atleast10),intheenvironment
conditions of Mediterranean Sea Basin countries.
• To increase solar power (260 kWp) and energy production
(380 MWh) in the selected buildings.
• To foster Cross-border's transfer of technologies, know-how
and best practices on the above applications.
• To facilitate the implementation of public policies to promote
solar-energy use's deployment, as well as the effectiveness'
improvement of the existing ones.
• Toenhanceinterestoflocalprivateandpublicstakeholdersfor
decentralised applications of innovative solar energy systems
in public buildings and facilities.
• To facilitate the adoption of best practices by stakeholders
regarding its development and implementation.
Solar technologies
A chart of options of solar energy-related systems will be
considered, in order to find the most appropriate fit in different
buildings and local weather conditions.
Smallscaleapplications(approximatelyfrom10to20kWp)might
contribute to increase the electrical autonomy of the building
from the grid.
• Buildingintegratedphotovoltaicsolutions:Photovoltaicglass-
substitute sheets and flexible thin film applications.
• Optimizing market-available solar cooling kits by adding them a
guidedconcentratorsubsystem.
• Smallscalesolarconcentrationtechnologies(thermo-electric):
dish stirling systems and parabolic trough.
• Scalingdownofmarket-avialablesystems.
ENPI
CBCMEDCROSS-BORDER COOPERATION
IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
Project funded by the
EUROPEAN UNION