ADéSoCol is the support programme for the development of collective solar thermal power in Tunisia. The programme is partially funded by the Energy for Ecological Transition (l’Agence de la Transition Ecologique – ADEME), within its cooperation framework with ANME. The programme is implemented by ANME together with the National Institute of Solar Energy Training and Evaluation Platform (l’Institut National de l’Energie Solaire Plateforme Formation et Evaluation – INES PFE).
A first phase was carried out in 2018 – 2019. This entailed technical, capacity building and communications activities (see video below).
Following the success of the first phase, a second phase was agreed, starting in January 2020, to be implemented over 24 months (2020-2022).
The general objective of the programme is to support the development of collective solar heating at national and regional levels, through setting up technical and communications activities.
The main expected results of the programme are…
- Organization of thirteen training sessions for the benefit of at least 200 national solar heating providers from different backgrounds;
- Tunisia’s first e-learning / distance learning platform in the field of solar thermal energy and energy management;
- Contacting organizations in the hotel sector and direct selling to them to increase take up in the PROSOL Collective programme for hotels and similar establishments;
- Providing project leaders with a remote, performance monitoring and evaluation tool for projects directly managed by ANME;
- Identifying the potential for integrating solar thermal energy into the textile and agro-food industries, production of five feasibility studies, and strengthening the capacities of domestic companies in the field;
- Creation of publicity and communication tools on collective solar heating;
- Organization of at least three national and international events to publicize and build on Tunisian experience in the field and on the technical skills of the project at the regional level.
Following the example of INES PFE’s e-learning platform, the programme anticipates the creation of an ANME e-learning / distance learning platform for capacity building of domestic and regional actors in the field of collective solar thermal.
The ADéSoCol programme (see projects page) also envisages remote monitoring of the operation of solar thermal installations in Tunisia, following the example of Télésuiweb INES PFE’s Télésuiweb platform.
Communication and capacity building on the theme of Collective Solar Thermal will be organized during 2020. The target audience includes hoteliers, engineering schools, academia and the general public. The following activities are planned for the year 2020:
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Action |
Title |
Target Audience |
Duration |
Format |
Timescale |
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Training |
Overview of Solar Thermal Energy |
General Public |
1 day |
Distance Learning |
May 2020 |
|
Training |
The Conception, Design, Management and Monitoring of Collective Solar |
Design Office and Building Control Office personnel Thermal Installations |
4 days |
2 days of Distance Learning A day and a half indoors at ANME or Beja |
June-July 2020 |
|
Training |
Collective Solar Hot Water: Installation and Maintenance |
Installers, fitters |
3 days |
1 day of Distance Learning A day and a half indoors at ANME or Beja |
September 2020 |
|
Training Workshop |
Collective Solar Hot Water: |
Project managers and decision-makers |
1 day |
Awareness raising workshop in Hammamet with site visit |
October 2020 |
|
Training |
The Conception, Design, Management and Monitoring of Collective Solar Thermal Installations |
Students of engineering schools and universities |
3 days |
1 day of Distance Learning A day and a half indoors at ANME or Beja |
October 2020 |
|
Training |
Collective Solar Thermal Installations |
Teachers and trainers of engineering schools and universities |
3 days |
1 day of Distance Learning A day and a half indoors at ANME or Beja Half-day visit |
October 2020 |
|
Conference |
Tunisian-French Cooperation for the Development of Collective Solar Thermal Energy |
FTH, institutional, professional and research providers |
1 day |
National, one-day conference |
November 2020 |
Following the example of the Solo 2018 online tool developed by Tecsol,Solo 2018 developed by Tecsol.ANME plans to put online, as part of the ADéSoCol programme, a similar decision support tool for calculating the performance of collective solar thermal installations.
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The scarcity of national natural resources along with the increase of energy demand leads Tunisia to initiate an energy transition process focusing on the increase of the share of renewable energies in the production of electricity in order to reach 12% by 2020 and 30% by 2030, in comparison to the current 3%. Indeed, the objective is to reach a renewable electric power of 3815 MW by 2030. -
International negotiations on climate change resulted in a historic agreement in December 2015 in Paris called the "Paris Agreement" -
Penetration rate of renewable energies in electricity production in 2030