PAREMA steering committee meeting

PAREMA steering committee meeting was held in Berlin on April 16, 2018 at the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi). Thorsten Herdan, Director General of the Department of Energy Policy - Heating and Efficiency at the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy (BMWi) and Abderrahim El Hafidi, Secretary General of the Moroccan Ministry of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development (MEME) chaired the meeting. In addition, representatives of the following institutions participated in the meeting: the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Berlin, Germany; the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AA); GIZ; KfW; AMEE; IRESEN; MASEN; ONEE and SIE.

This meeting allows German and Moroccan institutions to exchange on their energy policies under the new respective governments and to take stock of the many themes of common cooperation. On the agenda of the PAREMA Steering Committee, the future cooperation on Power-to-X technology, studies for the creation of a Center for Energy Analysis and Prospective within the MEME, the finalization of a work of energy prospective up to 2050, the revision of the legal framework for opening the market to renewable investors, the flexibilisation of the electricity system or the advancement of energy efficiency have been planned or validated.