Full title: EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network
Partners: KOMIS, CENER, CEPS, ECN
Start date: 18/12/2015, Duration: 72 months
European Commission, Service for Foreign Policy Instrument
The present Project is a continuation of the first “EU-GCC Clean Energy Network”, under The EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network, funded by the European Union, initiated its activities in 2010, as a response to the common EU GCC interest for strategic clean energy cooperation. The Network aims to act as a catalyst and element of coordination for the development of cooperation on clean energy, including the related policy and technology aspects among various stakeholders in the EU and GCC countries. At this stage, the activities of the Network need to be further developed and should aim to become sustainable over the mid-term.
With these objectives in mind, in December 2015 the European Union launched the “EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network” (CENII) project. The overall objective of the CENII is to enhance EU-GCC energy relations by developing new appropriate structures and instruments and by maintaining existing ones for practical cooperation activities of mutual interest in the area of clean energy. Hence, building on the achievements of the EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network since 2010, the project is necessary to further the cooperation opportunities in the energy sector. The project also further supports –with technical input– the wider interventions for climate change and economic diversification.
An important operational element of the Network is the Working Areas (W/A) that are established to examine opportunities and further develop cooperation in the areas of:
- Renewable Energy Sources;
- Energy Efficiency & Demand Side Management;
- Clean Natural Gas & related Clean Technologies;
- Electricity Interconnections & Market Integration;
- Carbon Capture & Storage.
Climate change aspects are considered across all 5 topics.
The Project covers geographically all EU member states and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely: the State of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the State of the United Arab Emirates