Med-TSO representatives at RGI Conference “Leading practices in RES integration”

Med-TSO representatives participated to the Conference “Leading practices in RES integration” organized by Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) on 9-10 April, hosted by Red Electrica de España in Barcelona, back to back to the General Assembly of the Association.

The conference aimed to display best practices of RES integration from different regions of the world: the three main topics were regulation, technical integration and societal engagement. The President of Med-TSO and CEO of STEG (Tunisia), Moncef Harrabi, presented the situation of the renewables integration in Tunisia, stressing on the importance of the development of interconnections in the Mediterranean region. The Secretary General of Med-TSO, Angelo Ferrante, illustrated the lesson learned by the Association on the integration of renewable energies, showing the outcomes of the Mediterranean Project 1. This project was carried out by Med-TSO from 2015 to 2018 and it has in the ongoing Mediterranean Project 2 its natural continuation. The Renewables Grid Initiative is a non-profit organization with 21 Members from 12 European countries. it promotes transparent, environmentally sensitive grid development to enable the further steady growth of renewable energy and the energy transition, through the collaboration of environmental NGOs and transmission system operators.