Translation of "bureau du projet énergie solaire " (French → English) :

—Concentrated solar power – project subcategories:

21. Encourages the use of solar and wind energy in the Mediterranean region; welcomes recent initiatives such as the ‘Plan Solaire’ and the initial ideas under the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative to develop the vast potential for solar energy in the Middle East and north Africa, but regrets that actions are still too nationally conceived; stresses that EU action in relation to the DESERTEC project must be coherent and make an active contribution to the development of north African and Middle Eastern countries and calls on the Commiss ...[+++]ion to coordinate the EU’s efforts pro-actively;

14. Calls on the Council and Commission to cooperate with the Member States of the Mediterranean region and the countries of north Africa, in view of their significant energy-resource potential and the substantial opportunities which could be created for their own development in particular within the Barcelona Process; encourages, in particular, the use of solar and wind energy in these regions; welcomes the recent progress made with the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative to develop the vast potential for solar energy in the Middle East and north Africa; stresses that EU action in relation to the DESERTEC ...[+++]project must be coherent and make an active contribution to the development of north African and Middle Eastern countries; calls, therefore, on the companies and Member States involved in this project - in close cooperation with the Commission - to promote development by means of genuine technology transfer and capacity-building aimed at local companies and civil society in order to ensure ownership and build a lasting partnership with the Mediterranean countries in which DESERTEC will be developed;

14. Calls on the Council and Commission to cooperate with the EU countries of the Mediterranean region and north Africa, in view of their significant energy-resource potential and the substantial opportunities which could be created for their own development; encourages, in particular, the use of solar and wind energy in these regions; welcomes the recent progress made with the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative to develop the vast potential for solar energy in the Middle East and north Africa; stresses that the EU approach to the DESERTEC project must be c ...[+++]oherent and make an active contribution to the development of north African and Middle Eastern countries; calls, therefore, on the companies and Member States involved in this project - in close cooperation with the Commission - to promote development by means of genuine technology transfer and capacity-building aimed at local companies and civil society in order to ensure ownership and build a lasting partnership with the Mediterranean countries in which DESERTEC will be developed;

14. Calls on the Council and Commission to cooperate with the Member States of the Mediterranean region and the countries of north Africa, in view of their significant energy-resource potential and the substantial opportunities which could be created for their own development in particular within the Barcelona Process; encourages, in particular, the use of solar and wind energy in these regions; welcomes the recent progress made with the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative to develop the vast potential for solar energy in the Middle East and north Africa; stresses that EU action in relation to the DESERTEC ...[+++]project must be coherent and make an active contribution to the development of north African and Middle Eastern countries; calls, therefore, on the companies and Member States involved in this project - in close cooperation with the Commission - to promote development by means of genuine technology transfer and capacity-building aimed at local companies and civil society in order to ensure ownership and build a lasting partnership with the Mediterranean countries in which DESERTEC will be developed;

As regards the RES it includes photovoltaics, solar thermal (both solar power and solar heat), wind, small hydro, marine/ocean, biomass and wastes and geothermal, and technologies supporting large scale introduction of RES, including projects on electricity grids, socio-economic research, etc.