| 29 Jun 2010 |
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Tunisia sets up "Desertec" network for EUMENA region
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Tunisia hosted on Monday, a workshop on the launch of the Desertec University Network, an academic and research network in desert technologies, which will be based in Tunis and bring together all countries of the EUMENA region (Europe, Middle East and North Africa).
The National Consultative Advisor of Scientific Research and Technology (CCNRST), has been working for a year, jointly with "Desertec Foundation", on the launch of this network.
The "Desertec" project aims at building several thousand square meters of solar power plants throughout the Sahara desert, including Tunisia, Libya, Algeria and Morocco. The technology used is based on thermal solar energy, part of which will be exported to European countries. Studies have shown that In a six-hour period, the desert receives more solar energy than the amount used by mankind during a whole year.
This project proposes also solution to the key challenges for the coming decades, such as water and energy scarcities, in addition to climate change.
According to Mr. Mouldi Miled, CCNRST member and Desertec Foundation co-founder, insofar as Tunisia is concerned, the project will help reverse the energy equation, by converting 90% of fossil energy consumption into renewable energy by 2050.
He added that the creation of this academic research network will be a space for consultation, for exchange of expertise and partnership with world-known research institutions.
In his opening address, Secretary of State in charge of Scientific Research, Mr. Refaat Chaabouni stressed that Tunisia has during the last two decades, adopted an energy policy compatible with sustained development.
Mr. Chaabouni called for making the most of the institutional and legislative achievements accomplished for the sector's benefit, by the creation of new job-generating industrial sectors.
The meeting was organized by CCNRST, jointly with "Desertec Foundation", created in 2003, at the initiative of "Club de Rome".
Several academics and representatives of international research institutions took part in the meeting.
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