Supporting Renewable Energy Integration through Smart Grids and Sector Coupling

MENALINKS supports renewable energy integration in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, and Türkiye by leveraging sector coupling, smart grid and flexibility solutions. To unlock their full renewable energy potential, MENALINKS identifies and addresses key challenges to renewable energy deployment in its partner countries to drive progress toward national climate goals by enhancing grid integration, system operations, and system flexibility.

Action hubs

Egypt

Focus Area: Smart Mini Grids

MENALINKS is working with power system stakeholders to accelerate the development of a mini grid regulation.

Jordan

Focus Area: Industrial Flexibility Solutions

MENALINKS focuses on the flexibility potential of the industrial sector in Jordan.

Morocco

Focus Area: Urban Smart-Grids and Demand Aggregation

MENALINKS’ supports Morocco in understanding the demand flexibility potential at urban distribution level.

Tunisia

Focus Area: Battery Energy Storage Systems

MENALINKS supports the development of Tunisian energy storage capacities and explores how policy frameworks can best support Tunisia’s decarbonisation strategy.

Türkiye

Focus Area: Support of electricity grids

MENALINKS explores what flexibility options can support the energy transition in Türkiye.

This is MENALINKS

Responding to power system challenges by advancing sector coupling and smart grid solutions

MENALINKS addresses challenges towards the large-scale integration of renewable energy and sector coupling by focusing on policy, technology, finance, and know-how. Tailored to the partner country needs, the programme supports long-term structural change through regulatory improvements, new business models, education, financing solutions, and pilot projects.

Joining forces in a multi-skilled consortium of ten international, regional, and national partners

MENALINKS is led by Guidehouse and implemented by a consortium which combines knowledge of national energy system contexts, international technical expertise and experience in program management.

The programme is represented by national partners in each partner country who make sure that the implementation of the programme is well embedded in the national regulatory, financial and market landscapes. Learnings from MENALINKS are multiplied and shared with broader outreach across the MENA region and beyond.

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