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OAPEC Activities
directives.
The conference aims at
providing a platform to discuss
creative
political
options
and business strategies to
strike a balance between the
conventional, new, and renewable
energy resources in the energy
system. It also aims at adapting
governmental, industrial, and
financial policies according to best
practices.
• Among the main focal points
discussed at the conference:
• Trends,
visions,
and
challenges in the energy sector
• Merging renewable energy
resources
• The status of electricity in the
Middle East and North Africa
• The status of nuclear energy in
the energy resources mix
• The role of transportation
networks
and
electrical
interconnection
• The conference issued the
following recommendations:
Working on developing the
legislative frame for the electricity
sector in the Arab countries to
ensure the presence of an Arab
electricity market that includes all
energy resources according to the
conditions and potentials of each
individual country
Preparing Arab electricity
markets to establish energy
services companies, and merging
renewable energy projects while
boosting the role of private sector
to contribute to the electricity
markets in these countries
through creative mechanisms and
diversifying energy resources
Encouraging electricity and
renewable energy companies
to boost their use of funding
programmes offered by banks,
and Arab and international
funds to develop and execute
projects on renewable energy,
energy
efficiency,
upgrading
and expanding existing national
electricity
networks,
and
interconnections among Arab
countries.
The importance of developing
and completing Arab electricity
interconnection
projects
and
strengthening them as a way
to realize an integrated and
harmonized
Arab
electricity
market.