RCREEE Member States: from the first movers for the NAMAs 16-17 November 2011

1. Regional workshop on CDM Programme of Activities (Rabat)
CDM Programme on solar
water heaters in Tunisia

2. Presentation of Prosol
Prosol is a national loan support programme implemented by the
National Agency for Energy Conservation (ANME) for the
development of solar energy for water heating in Tunisia mainly in
three sectors:
Tertiary Industry
Residential
PoA
Installation of 460 000 m2 of domestic SWH in households
throughout Tunisia from 2007 to 2011

3. Prosol origin and background
The Prosol residential mechanism was implemented in order to
overcome the two main barriers to the development of SWH :
National subsidy granted
High initial
1 Investment cost
by the FNME on the
purchase price of the
SWH
High payback period A refundable credit over 5
years through the STEG
2 compared
with conventional invoice
technologies

4. Role of the ANME
The ANME acts as a coordinator between the different stakeholders
involved in the programme:
• The households willing to install a SWH
• The SWH suppliers and installers certified by the ANME
• The Tunisian government granting a subsidy to the households
through the FNME
• The private bank (Attijari bank) which grants loans to the
households
• The STEG - Tunisian Electricity and Gas Utility (Société Tunisienne
de l’Electricité et du Gaz), that allows the repayment of the loan
through its electricity bills over 5 years.

5. 2 Credit file (STEG -Client)/signed
contract
The success of the programme is
4 Subsidy
request
Approved
files Settled files
based on a tight partnership between
Suppliers 3
5 7
the different actors: Bank
transfer
Payment on
a fixed
schedule
o A strong membership of the STEG
o Real support of the banking sector
1
• Contract signature by the
Bank
(Attijari Bank)
client
• Fees payment
• Installation of the SWH
6
Clients Payment of suppliers

6. PROSOL & CDM
From 2006, the ANME has decided to consider the CDM for the
implementation of PROSOL-2 residential
Reduction of GHG emissions due to the use of solar energy
instead of conventional energies for water heating
(LPG, NG and electricity)
Prosol is a scattered programme
Time Space
2007- 2011 Throughout Tunisia
June 2007 : Clarification of the CDM programmatic rules
Adoption of programmatic approach

7. PoA stakeholders
ANME Project proponent
GTZ (German Financing of the CDM process
Cooperation) (From the PDD to the registration)
Elaboration of the Programme design
Ecosecurities documents (PoA-DD ; CPA-DD real case ; CPA-
DD generic)
Alcor Technical Assistance to the ANME
ORBEO Bayer of CER

8. PoA presentation
Coordinating Managing Entity ANME
23 January 2007
Starting date of the
programme (Date of signature of the convention between
the ANME and the STEG)
Starting date of the
30 January 2009
validation
Registration date June 2011

9. Benefits of the PoA
 Funding of the maintenance system
 Contribution to the funding of training sessions and capacity
building
 Contribution to the funding of the communication actions
 improvement of the financial autonomy regarding the
management of the programme

10. Difficulties
Tunisia was among the first moover
Plusieurs difficultés
rencontrées

11. 1rst dificulty
Can not be before the date of the
Starting date of a CPA PoA registration
The date of starting of
23 January 2007
the firts CAP
However
PROSOL was not registered yet
Can not include the CPA before the Prosol registration

12. Pressure on EB….
 PoA can include all CPAs with starting
EB 47 Article 72 date beteween:
- 22 june 2007
Exemption of PoA with
- The strating date of the validation
validation starting of the PoA.
before 31 December  The List of CPA have to submitted to DOE
2009 and UNFCCC before 31 december 2010
Prosol is eligible to this derogation but need to change the starting
date of the PoA
23 January 2007 22 June 2007

13. Second difficulty
DOE
Demand of clarification to Authorization to change the
starting date
the UNFCCC secretariat

14. 1st demand
30 July 2009
1st reminder 27 August 2009
2nd reminder 22 September 2009
3rd reminder 23 December 2009
Positive answer on 11 january 2010

15. Challenges of the PoA
1. Early mover
2. Starting date of the CPAs
3. Debundling
4. Slowness of the EB answers regarding clarification requests
5. Liabilities of DOE DOEs very reluctant

16. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION