Press Release: Commission welcomes Desertec and Medgrid cooperation on solar energy in North Africa and the Middle East

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Series Details IP/11/1448 (24.11.11)
Publication Date 24/11/2011
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EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger welcomed the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Desertec Industry Initiative (Dii) and Medgrid in November 2011. The MoU establishes closer cooperation between the two private industry initiatives, which are key to the promotion of a renewable energy partnership between the EU and countries in the Southern Mediterranean.

Areas of cooperation will include exchange of information, update on progress, joint evaluation of potential synergies, and joint efforts on the EU and Middle-East and North Africa level to obtain a more favourable regulatory framework for renewable energy markets.

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Spiegel Online International, 13.11.12: Desertec's Promise of Solar Power for Europe Fades http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/the-desertec-solar-energy-project-has-run-into-trouble-a-867077.html
Website: Desertec: Dii (Desertec Industrial Initiative) http://www.dii-eumena.com/
EurActiv, 20.11.12: Desertec chief denies crisis http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/desertec-chief-crisis-crisis-news-516131
Spiegel Online International, 03.04.13: Desertec on the Ropes: Competitors and Opponents Threaten Energy Plan http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/competitors-and-local-opposition-threatens-desertec-solar-plan-a-892332.html

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