Projects & Publications
Shale gas in the Euro-Mediterranean Region: an update, July 2015
This discussion paper is an update of OME 2011 study ‘Unconventional Gas: hype or reality for the Euro-Mediterranean Region?. It reviews the recent developments in shale gas activities in the Euro-Mediterranean region by country with a focus on issues related to...
MENARA – Middle East and North Africa Regional Architecture
Mapping Geopolitical Shifts, Regional Order and Domestic Transformations The MENARA project will study the geopolitical order in the making in the South and East Mediterranean Countries and the Middle East amid all social and political changes unfolding since 2010....
BETTER – Bringing Europe and Third countries closer together through renewable Energies
BETTER project intends to address RES cooperation between the EU and third countries in several dimensions. The starting point is given through the cooperation mechanisms provided by the RES Directive, allowing Member States to achieve their 2020 RES targets in a more...
GEM 12 – December 2014
MEP Turkey
Mediterranean Energy Perspectives - Turkey is the fourth publication of the Mediterranean Energy Perspectives (MEP) series, a set of in-depth energy studies prepared by OME. MEP-Turkey is a unique and comprehensive analysis of the Turkish energy industry from the...
Assessment of Future Supply Costs and Supply Cost Curves to EU-28, April 2014
This document aims at a thorough assessment of supply costs up to the border of the EU, comprising 28 Member Countries, for the period up to 2030. Such supply costs have been estimated only for selected EU countries, of which territories form part of the external EU...
SHARAKA – Enhancing Understanding and Cooperation in EU-GCC Relations
Europe and the Gulf have a number of interests in common ranging from trade, energy and climate policies to education, culture and communication. The European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) remain committed to promoting these mutual interests and to...
MED-EMIP – Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market Integration Project
The EU financed project, MED-EMIP, had an overall objective to support the implementation of the Euro-Mediterranean Energy Partnerships on key energy policy and industry issues. Two experts hired by OME and based in Cairo worked full time on the project. The first...
GEM 11 – November 2013
Cross-Border Transmission Investments in the Euro-Mediterranean Electricity Sector, 2013
The Current Debate Traditionally in Europe, before the liberalization of electricity markets, cross-border interconnections were built for reinforcing national security of supply and were financed by the national tariff mechanism. Today, interconnections have acquired...
OME Medgrid 2013
Towards an Interconnected Mediterranean Grid - Institutional Framework and Regulatory Perspectives OME and MEDGRID are both widely involved in the Electricity sector of the Mediterranean region and share the idea that promoting electricity exchanges across and around...
DNICast – Direct Normal Irradiance Nowcasting Methods for Optimized Operation of Concentrating Solar Technologies
About DNICAST Concentrating solar technologies (CST) have proven to be very efficient sources of clean power for the electrical grid. CST include thermodynamic machines, such as the concentrating solar power (CSP: parabolic troughs, solar towers, Fresnel collectors,...
Quantitative Assessment of Future Gas Import Sources and Routes, July 2013
The main objective of this report is to assess the natural gas export potential of existing and potential suppliers of Europe individually to the horizon 2030. We have generally given weight to the major gas suppliers. [wpdm_package id=608...
ADETEF – FFEM – SOLAIRE
Plan Solaire Méditerranéen - Diverses Etudes d’Appui à la Structuration des Projets du Plan Solaire Méditerranéen (Composante 1) Le projet est financé par le FFEM (Fonds Français pour l’Environnement Mondial) et bénéficie d’un appui de l’AFD, de la DGEC (MEDDTL) et de...
Europe’s Future Natural Gas Import Requirements by Country, May 2013
The objective of this report is to assess European natural gas import needs to the horizon 2030. The assessment is based on OME’s country by country forecasts concerning European domestic gas production and future gas demand. [wpdm_package id=620...
