The Annual Report presents the milestones we accomplished in 2023, forging a regulatory environment for market integration and energy transition.
It covers the work we deployed to mitigate the impacts of the energy crisis, through initiatives enhancing the resilience of energy networks and infrastructures.
The reflection around renewable gases and specifically on hydrogen also holds a significant position in last year’s activities with decarbonisation constituting a primal focus, driving initiatives to enhance energy efficiency too.
Our collaboration with regional stakeholders and our dedication to capacity building among our members also proved to be powerful means that leveraged knowledge and experience, charting the course towards a sustainable, secure, and thriving energy market in the Mediterranean.
As we reflect on the past year's accomplishments at MEDREG, it is evident that our collective efforts have yielded remarkable milestones. Our unwavering commitment to fostering a regulatory environment conducive to market integration and energy transition has been instrumental in advancing our association's mission.
In response to the unprecedented challenges facing the energy sector, we have demonstrated resilience and adaptability by equipping our members with tailored regulatory tools to navigate volatile energy prices. Despite these challenges, our dedication to advancing decarbonisation remains steadfast.
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This Annual Report informs about the activities undertaken in 2022, a year marked by surging energy prices and energy security risks in a context of geopolitical crisis. Last year, our members showed their capacity of adaptation and responsiveness to maintain the stability and the functioning of the energy markets in the Mediterranean region, while keeping the decarbonation of the energy sector high in their agenda. 2022 saw a reinforcement of the status and independence of the regulators, while Southern members harnessed synergies with fellow members to enhance their energy markets. Efforts were pursued to maximise the use of gas interconnections and tackle energy losses.
Furthermore, renewable gases, energy storage and demand management became important topics of studies and exchanges among our members on their quest to promote low carbon new technologies and renewable energy sources.
In his introductive message of our 2022 Annual Report, President Abellatif Bardach presents his vision of the recent developments and his priorities to respond to the evolving trends of the energy sector, with a focus on a reinforced collaboration with stakeholders and the deployment of new technologies.
Proposed under a digital and interactive format, this publication provides an overview of MEDREG’s activities accomplished last year to reinforce the regulatory capacity of its members and to shape a strong and convergent regulation in the Mediterranean region.
The key findings of our technical reports are highlighted, and recommendations are shared on emerging topics likely to respond to the current energy transition challenges, like digitalisation, hydrogen, e-mobility, flexibility, innovation, and security of supply, to name just a few.
The Annual Report also distils key learnings and knowledge from technical workshops, webinars, and study visits with a focus on the support provided to Algeria, Israel and Jordan to reinforce their regulatory capacity.
Finally, it lists our joint initiatives with our main partners and informs about the impact of our visibility and communication products.
Besides the support activities to member regulators, here are some of MEDREG’s 2018 main highlights: