Chapter 15

Financing Mediterranean Electricity Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities for an Interconnected Mediterranean Grid

Houda Ben Jannet Allal*
Matteo Urbani***    General Directorate, OME**    Electricity Division, OME

Abstract

The chapter offers a brief overview of the Mediterranean energy context, situation, and prospects based on OME findings. In addition, the issue of financing electricity infrastructures in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEM) is examined, highlighting regulatory and market challenges as well as socioeconomic opportunities, in an attempt to promote the investment urgently required to deal with the expected increase in energy needs. In this regard, the main regulatory issues that a more interconnected ...

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