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REMENA – Renewable Energy and

Energy Efficiency for the Middle East

and North Africa (MENA) Region

Today for tomorrow: together today for a sustainable energy future

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ImprintFinal publication in the framework of the project REMENAMAGHREBINTERACTIVE and the corre-sponding Symposium on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region co-located with the 5th international Workshop on Electric and Hybrid Automotive Technologies (WAT) 2018 at Sfax, Tunisia (REEE-MENA/WAT 2018) sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

AuthorsDr. Nour MansourProf. Dr. Dirk DahlhausDr. Marc SeligM.A. Anke ArefREMENA Master programUniversity of KasselWilhelmshöher Allee 7334121 Kassel, Germany

supported by

www.remena.uni-kassel.de

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Table of Contents

Master of Science (MSc) program Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the Middle East and North Africa Region (REMENA) 4

REMENA in a nutshell 5

REMENA study modes 6

Available modules 7

REMENA excursions 12

How to apply as a student for REMENA 14

Facts and figures on REMENA students and graduates 15

REMENA and the DAAD – a long-term partnership 17

Project PARTNERSHIPBUILTONREMENA 18

Project REMENAGOESMAGHREB 19

Project REMENAMAGHREBINTERACTIVE 20

Symposium on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) in

the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (REEE-MENA 2018) 21

REMENA future beyond 2018 35

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Master of Science (MSc) program Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the Middle East and North Africa Region (REMENA)The Master of Science (MSc) program Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the Middle East and North Africa (REMENA) is a double degree international program conducted by

• the University of Kassel (UKAS) in Germany,• the Cairo University (CU) in Egypt and• the University of Monastir (UM) in Tunisia.

The program offers living and learning in Germany and the MENA region, courses on advanced renewable energy and energy efficiency (REEE) concepts and technologies, excursions to relevant institutions and companies, training in intercultural competencies and much more. Being an MSc program, REMENA focuses primarily on practical aspects and the ability to implement projects in the field of REEE. REMENA graduates have excellent careers prospects in inter-national projects. They will be experts in the interdisciplinary field of REEE and fill leadership positions in the public and private energy sectors. The objective of the MSc REMENA program is to educate German and international students in measures for a sustainable energy sector, where the students are expected to have work experience and hold a Bachelor degree. The latter can have been obtained in different disciplines, e.g. law, economic, social, engineering or natural sciences. While the program contents focus on the cooperation between countries in the MENA region and Germany, the program contents clearly apply globally and applicants can be accepted for the REMENA program independently of their nationality.

MENA region

Kassel

Monastir

Cairo

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REMENA in a nutshellProgram structure

• duration: 4 semesters (24 months)• total of 120 credit points (CP) according to the European Credit Transfer

System (ECTS)• teaching language: English• program start: in March in Kassel or in September in Cairo or Monastir• exchange possibilities: Erasmus+ exchange with University of Sfax in

Tunisia (subject to the availability of scholarships)• study sites: different study modes with the option to study in up to three

different countries (cf. study modes below)• Master thesis: project with an institution or company worldwide (in

Germany, the MENA region, elsewhere).

Admission requirements• bachelor degree in social or natural sciences, economics, or engineering• open to all nationalities• work experience (internships, vocational education, professional work, and

others) preferably in the energy sector

Deadlines for application• June 15 for winter term (program start in September in Cairo or in Monastir)• December 15 for summer term (program start in March in Kassel)

Academic degree awardedDepending on the chosen study mode students obtain

the doubledegree Kassel-Cairo from theUniversity ofKassel andCairo University(DDKC)

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the doubledegree Kassel-Monastir fromthe Universityof Kassel andthe Universityof Monastir(DDKM)

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REMENA study modesThe REMENA program can be studied in 6 different study modes depending on the places of study. Study modes 1 and 2 start in the winter term (cf. Tab. 1), while study modes 3, 4, 5 and 6 start in the summer term (cf. Tab. 2).

Tab. 1: Study modes starting in winter semester

Mode “1”: starting in winter semester (WS)semester WS/SS Duration site CP degree

1 WS Sept. – Feb. Cairo 30

DDKC2 SS March – Aug. Kassel 303 WS Sept. – Feb. Monastir 304 SS March – Aug. global 30

Mode “2”: starting in WS

semester WS/SS Duration site CP degree1 WS Sept. – Feb. Monastir 30

DDKM2 SS March – Aug. Kassel 303 WS Sept. – Feb. Cairo 304 SS March – Aug. global 30

Tab. 2: Study modes starting in summer semester

Mode “3”: starting in summer semester (SS)semester WS/SS Duration site CP degree

1 SS March – Aug. Kassel 30

DDKC2 WS Sept. – Feb. Cairo 303 SS March – Aug. Kassel 304 WS Sept. – Feb. global 30

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Mode “4”: starting in SSsemester WS/SS Duration site CP degree

1 SS March – Aug. Kassel 30

DDKM2 WS Sept. – Feb. Monastir 303 SS March – Aug. Kassel 304 WS Sept. – Feb. global 30

Mode “5”: starting in SSsemester WS/SS Duration site CP degree

1 SS March – Aug. Kassel 30

DDKC2 WS Sept. – Feb. Cairo 303 SS March – Aug. Sfax 304 WS Sept. – Feb. global 30

Mode “6”: starting in SSsemester WS/SS Duration site CP degree

1 SS March – Aug. Kassel 30

DDKM2 WS Sept. – Feb. Monastir 303 SS March – Aug. Sfax 304 WS Sept. – Feb. global 30

Available modulesREMENA modules are classified as basic or elective. Basic modules (cf. Tab. 3) are compulsory and have to be taken by each student during the first two semesters totalling 32 CP. Each student is to select arbitrary elective modules (cf. Tab. 4 – Tab. 6) totalling 58 CP, complying with examination rules and corresponding to the student’s individual knowledge and interest in different areas.

The thesis project module, comprising 30 CP, is to be conducted in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, in Germany or any other country during the fourth semester.

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Tab. 3: Basic modules in Cairo (C) and Monastir (M) in winter and in Kassel (K) in summer

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Tab. 4: Elective modules in Cairo and Monastir in winter

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Tab. 5: Elective modules in Kassel in summer

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Tab. 6: Elective modules in Sfax in summer

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REMENA excursionsThe REMENA curriculum offers several opportunities to attend excursions to companies, research institutions and intercultural events. The excursions are offered and conducted by the REMENA teams in Kassel, Cairo and Monastir and comprise e. g.

• a 5-day trip to Southern Spain (Granada, Málaga, Tabernas) (from Kassel)• a 5-day trip to Berlin (from Kassel)• 1-day trips to Zafarana, Kuraymat, Gabal El Zayt and Gizeh (from Cairo)• 2-day trips to Tunis (from Monastir)

and other 1-day trips at the three sites in order to expose the students to different aspects in the context of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Fig. 1: Excursion to Granada, Spain (5-day trip from Kassel)

Fig. 2: Excursion to Berlin, Germany (5-day trip from Kassel)

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Fig. 3: Excursion to Kuraymat, Egypt (1-day trip from Cairo)

Fig. 4: Excursion to Tunis, Tunisia (2-day trip from Monastir)

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How to apply as a student for REMENAStudents having made up their mind about their study mode preferences can apply for the REMENA program as described in the application flow chart in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5: REMENA application flow chart

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Facts and figures on REMENA students and graduates

Fig. 6: Number/home countries of REMENA students (map)

Tab. 7: Number/home countries of REMENA students (list)

country# REMENA students

country# REMENA students

Egypt 48 Ecuador 1India 47 Finland 1

Tunisia 13 Iraq 1Palestine 8 Jamaica 1

Syria 8 Morocco 1Germany 8 The Netherlands 1Jordan 8 Azerbaijan 1Yemen 4 Cameroon 1

Iran 3 Turkey 1Pakistan 2 Nepal 1Nigeria 2 total 161

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Fig. 7: Bachelor degrees of REMENA students/graduates

Fig. 8: Jobs of REMENA alumni upon graduation

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REMENA and the DAAD – a long-term partnershipIn 2009, UKAS in Germany and CU in Egypt have initiated the English double degree Master of Science program “MSc in Renewable Energy and Energy Effi-ciency for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region“ (REMENA) conducted at both sites. The main program objective is the provision of qualified personnel for the future development in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency (REEE), where the curriculum comprises technical and non-technical interdisci-plinary, economic and intercultural contents. At the beginning of REMENA, the program has been supported and funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

The Arab spring in the MENA region in combination with the strong commitment of the REMENA advisory and steering boards to further develop the program have called for a substantial extension of REMENA. Meanwhile, REMENA offers a large number of different study modes at four different places in Germany, Egypt and Tunisia, a large flexibility for students to tailor the curriculum according to individual preferences, partial financial support of master students and a possibility for student exchange in the framework of the ERASMUS+ program.

Again, the REMENA extension has been supported and implemented in the framework of three different DAAD projects, namely,

• Partnership built on REMENA (PARTNERSHIPBUILTONREMENA)• REMENA goes Maghreb (REMENAGOESMAGHREB)• REMENA Maghreb Interactive (REMENAMAGHREBINTERACTIVE).

The objective of these projects has been to establish a sustainable and long-term academic cooperation of UKAS and CU with universities in the Maghreb region. This cooperation has been set up based on the concept of the so-called REMENA university network (RUN). In order to show the development of the REMENA program, the aforementioned projects are briefly described in the following.

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Project PARTNERSHIPBUILTONREMENAThe aim of the project PARTNERSHIPBUILTONREMENA has been to answer the

question how to make REMENA a sustainable and attractive Master program in the field of renewable energy and

energy efficiency. The key to achieve these objectives has been to establish a further partnership with a university in the MENA region. After the

Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Monastir (ENIM) with the University of

Monastir (UM) in Tunisia had been identified as a partner offering excellent modules in the aforementioned fields being complementary to modules at UKAS and CU, the so established

cooperation became another means to meet political, economic and

other challenges in the MENA region. Modules have been defined and a cooperation agreement between UKAS and UM has been signed. UM with the newly introduced study

modules has increased the

attractiveness of the program and has become the first university in Tunisia to offer an English Master program according to the Bologna process being granted in the Tunisian context, where Maghrebi universities run programs almost exclusively in French.

Duration

01/2015

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12/2015Partners

UKAS

UM

CU

Objectives• Expansion of the

REMENA master program from two (Kassel, Cairo) to three

universities (Kassel, Cairo, Monastir) to make it more attractive in terms of

content and flexibility• Deepening the partnership by

joint master projects Outcomes

• New REMENA modules defined by ENIM/UM being

complementary to UKAS and CU modules

• Cooperation agreement with UM signed

• Administrative preparation for reaccreditation of REMENA

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Project REMENAGOESMAGHREBThe objective of the project REMENAGOESMAGHREB has been to establish

REMENA as a flagship English double-degree program in the Maghreb to pave the way for academic cooperation in

renewable energies. In the first phase in 2016, the program has been formally reaccredited to include UM as a third partner

university and to introduce a new study mode in REMENA.

During the second phase, the efforts were focusing on identifying universities in the Maghreb in order to set up a REMENA university network ( R U N ) within which REMENA students have a

wider choice of study locations and contents and students can be exchanged. Here, the

Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS) with the University of Sfax (US) in Tunisia has started as the first RUN partner to offer a summer semester as an alternative to UKAS as part of the

REMENA curriculum. US offers modules focusing on sustainable

mobility applications, renewable, electric and hybrid automotive technologies as part of the Master program “Sustainable Mobility Actuators: Research and Technology“ (SMART). In return, UKAS accepts US students in English Master programs in Kassel and staff is exchanged to implement joint research projects.

Duration

01/2016

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12/2017Partners

UKAS

US

UM

Objectives• Establish REMENA as a

flagship English double-degree program in the Maghreb region• Initialize a REMENA university

network (RUN)• Implement framework for coope-ration and exchange of students

Outcomes • Reaccreditation of

REMENA • Introduction of a new study mode• Inclusion of Tunisian ENIS/US as

first RUN partner• Complementary REMENA

modules defined at ENIS in the summer term

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Project REMENAMAGHREBINTERACTIVEThe third and final project REMENAMAGHREBINTERACTIVE was targeting the

further dissemination of information on the REMENA program within the Maghreb. To that end, the REMENA team intended

to interact with Maghrebi stakeholders from industry, governmental institutions and academia. Chiheb Bouden, professor at the Ecole

Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT) at the University of Tunis (UT), former Tunisian

minister of higher education and member of the REMENA advisory board, has been involved to support the project on site. The REMENA team attended the German-Tunisian energy day on 29 November 2018 in Tunis and advertised REMENA. During 2018, more than 200 Maghrebi

companies and institutions being active in renewable energy and energy efficiency (REEE) have been

asked to fill in a questionnaire related to REEE and REMENA. Responding parties have been invited to the Symposium on REEE in the MENA region (REEE-MENA 2018) being held on 1 December 2018 at ENIS in Sfax with 67 participants and co-organized as part of the project.

It featured technical

presentations and open discussions on recent technologies and projects, the REEE future in the Maghreb region and REMENA. Information on the REMENA program and the DAAD projects including REMENAMAGHREBINTERACTIVE have been published finally in both printed and digital formats.

Duration

01/2018

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12/2018PartnersUKAS

UT

Objectives• Identify suitable ways

and interfaces for extending the RUN within the Maghreb region• Hold a workshop in Tunisia to

inform Maghrebi stakeholders about the REMENA program

• Publish REMENA achie-vements in printed and

digital formats Outcomes • 200 Maghrebi REEE

companies and institutions contacted

• Symposium REEE-MENA 2018 held in Sfax with 67 participants• Publication of REMENA-rela-

ted DAAD projects

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Symposium on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

regionco-located with the

5th international Workshop on Electric and Hybrid Automotive Technologies (WAT) 2018 at Sfax, Tunisia

(REEE-MENA/WAT 2018)The one-day Symposium on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region (REEE-MENA 2018) on 1 Decem-ber 2018 at ENIS, Sfax, in Tunisia has been co-located with the 5th international Workshop on Electric and Hybrid Automotive Technologies (WAT2018). REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 being co-sponsored by the DAAD has been organized by ENIS and the REMENA team in Kassel.

REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 has brought together representatives from industry, institutions and academia to discuss and exchange ideas in the fields of REEE, electric and hybrid automotive technologies as well as capacity building in REEE. Moreover, the symposium featured technical presentations and open discussions on recent technologies and projects, the REEE future in the Maghreb region and the REMENA program.

Fig. 9: Participants of REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 at ENIS, Sfax, Tunisia

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Program REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 at a glance

Subsequently, the 10 presentations together with the presenters are described in greater detail.

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Title REMENA Goes Maghreb – What It is All About

Abstract

In the first part, the English international MSc programs Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE) and Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region (REMENA) at the University of Kassel (UKAS) are presented. In the second part, the interdisciplinary and intercultural REMENA program is considered in greater detail. The program structure is described together with different ways to cover expenses, recent changes of the program and the concept of the so-called REMENA university network (RUN). Within the latter, students will be ex- changed in the future among the participating universities, where the Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS) with the University of Sfax (US) has been identified as the first RUN partner. The current status of REMENA is discussed and an overview is given on the breakdown of REMENA students’ provenance, on their educatio-nal background as well as on jobs of the nearly hundred REMENA alumni.

Speaker‘s Bio

Dirk Dahlhaus received the diploma in electrical engineering from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, in 1992, and the PhD degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, in 1998. From 1999 till 2005, he was assistant professor for mobile radio at the Communication Technology Laboratorywith the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. Since 2005, he is full professor for communications with the University of Kassel, Germany. His research interests are in statistical signal processing for wired and wireless communication systems, in particular constrained optimization and cognitive radio in the two lower OSI layers. He is head of two international Master programs on Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE) and REMENA where the latter program is conducted jointly with the faculty of engineering at Cairo University, Egypt, and the National School of Engineering with the University of Monastir, Tunisia.

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TitleTowards Accurate Short-Term Electricity Load Forecasting in Bizerte Smart City: A Comparative Study of Support Vector Machines and Recurrent Neural Networks

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With the deregulation of the electricity market, short term load forecasting (STLF) plays an increasingly important role in the management of electric power systems, hence the need to improve the accuracy of these forecasts. Aiming at supporting the smart city of Bizerte in its transition towards a sustainable energy sys-tem, two machine learning (ML) models, namely support vector machines (SVM) and recurrent neural networks (RNN), are selected for comparative assessment of their STLF accuracy. It is shown that the SVM model outperforms the RNN for a day-ahead and a week-ahead out-of-sample load forecasting and that both models predict accurately the hour of the daily peak load.

Speaker‘s Bio

Oussama Saad received a national Bachelor diploma degree in energy engineering from the Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Monastir (ENIM) at the University of Monastir (UM), Tunisia, in 2013. After having worked as an engineer, he studied in the international REMENA program,and received a MSc double degree in renewable energies and energy efficiency from the University of Kassel (UKAS), Germany, and UM in 2018. He has four years’ experience in managing energy efficiency projects, developing electricity master plans and designing decentralized energy systems. He has been involved in projects in Europe as well as in the sub-Saharan region. Currently, he is with the company Ramboll, Germany.

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TitleOn the Potentialities of Multiphase Fractional-Slot Permanent Mag-net Machines to Satisfy the Fault-Tolerance Requirements of Key Sustainable Applications

Abstract

The talk discusses the investigation of potentialities of multiphase fractional slot permanent magnet synchronous machines (FSPMMs) to satisfy the fault-tolerance requirements of key sustainable appli-cations. Prior to do so, an introduction dealing with the impact of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the different energy conversion process on the global warming is presented. Then, permanent mag-net machines are introduced as most energy efficient actuators, with emphasis on the benefits gained by the substitution of conventional distributed winding by fractional slot ones. These benefits are mainly related to the enhancement of the faulty operation in the case of low voltage fractional slot permanent magnet synchronous machines.

Speaker‘s Bio

Imen Abdennadher received the BSc degree in electromechanical engineering, the master’s degree in electric machine analysis and control, the PhD and habilitation degree in electrical engineering, all from the ENIS, University of Sfax, Tunisia, in 2005, 2006, 2012 and 2017, respectively. She is currently a professor of electric powerengineering at ENIS and a member of the Research Laboratory on Renewable Energies and Electric Vehicles (RELEV). Her main inte-rests include the design of new topologies of ac machines applied to automotive as well as renewable energy systems.

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Title Renewable Energies in STEG: Present and Future Projects

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The Société Tunisienne de l´Électricité et du Gaz (STEG) has adop-ted a strategy to enhance the integration of renewable energies in the Tunisian national grid. In 2017, 7% of the electricity produced by the STEG is achieved by renewable energies which are: (i) wind (60%), (ii) PV (20%), and (iii) hydraulic (20%). The STEG is planning to produce 30% of the electricity in Tunisia from the conversion of renewable energies. Beyond the renewable energy projects under development by the STEG, special attention is paid to the photovoltaic private production which is continuously increasing especially in the Tunis and Sfax areas.

Speaker‘s Bio

Adnen Ayadi got his BSc degree in electrical engineering in 1987 from the Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia. Afterwards, he joined the STEG where he is currently a technical director of the Sfax District. He is the General Secretary of the Sfax office of the Tunisian Engineer Board. He is a member of the Energy Committee of the Arab Engineer Union since 2015.

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TitleRenewable Energy Training: Existing Programs and Needs for New Educational Programs

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A short overview of the energy challenges in Tunisia and the oppor-tunities offered by the Tunisian Solar Plan in both sides (i) fossil energy saving and (ii) creation of activity in Tunisia are given. The Tunisian solar plan offers the opportunity to implement 3800 MW of renewable energy facilities in Tunisia to meet 30% of the energy needs at the Horizon 2030. These facilities will be composed of PV, Wind, CSP and biomass production plants. Such an important equip-ment needs a highly-qualified man power either for engineering, planning and installation or for the operation and maintenance. Moreover, a short presentation of the existing training programs are given as well as a prospective view of the needs. This opens the path for the implementation for several training programs. The international master program REMENA is an appropriate program for the training of highly qualified engineers and planners. It offers besides the technical and scientific skills a good opening to the world since the training is multi-site and the group of students is multi-national. This will prepare the students to work in different situations and give them the opportunity to belong to a worldwide network of experts.

Speaker‘s Bio

Chiheb Bouden is professor of industrial enginee-ring at the Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT), Tunisia. His field of specialty covers energy conservation in buildings and solar energy appli-cations. He contributed and directed many rese-arch projects at both national and internationallevels and authored many scientific publications. He held many administrative and managerial positions at ENIT and at the ministry of higher education and scientific research in Tunisia. He is fellow of several scientific societies and active in the civil society.

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Title Business Opportunities in the Energy Sector in Morocco

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An overview of the energy situation in Morocco is given with updated data and statistics from official sources. An introduction of the foreign direct investment evolution is discussed among other indicators and key elements that impact business climate. More focus is put on renewable energy (RE) sector business opportuni-ties, starting with showing the new institutional organization that took place and the laws made to enable new forms of projects in this sector. At the end, some examples of current RE projects and tenders are presented.

Speaker‘s Bio

Abdelbari Redouane is an assistant professor at Ecole des Mines de Rabat, Morocco. He studied in the international REMENA program, and has been granted a MSc double degree in renewable energies and energy efficiency from the Uni-versity of Kassel (UKAS), Germany, and Cairo University (CU) in in 2014. He is interestedin renewable energy with focus on wind energy, electrical machi-nes, hybrid micro grids and smart grids. He is involved in these topics either by teaching or in research.

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Title Energy Efficiency Strategy in Tunisia

Abstract

The Tunisian energy system faces multidimensional challenges including strategic, economic, societal and environmental ones. Here, energy security, energy equity and governance as well as sustainable development have to be considered. In order to achieve these goals, securing and diversifying the country's energy supply, accelerating energy efficiency programs and integrating renewable energies into the energy mix and reforming the structure and the prices of subsidies are of ultimate importance. In this context, the talk focuses on implementing measures for reducing the primary energy and increasing the share of renewable energies in the elec-tricity mix.

Speaker‘s Bio

Mohamed Zied Gannar is an expert in energy effi-ciency, renewable energies, energy management and sustainable construction, with a solid expe-rience of nearly 17 years. He is an engineer in energetic engineering, graduated from the Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Monastir (ENIM) at the University of Monastir (UM), Tunisia, in July 2001.He is currently assistant director at the Agence Nationale pour la Maitrise de l'Energie (ANME), where he deals with energy efficiency in the building sector.

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Title Linear Synchronous Machines: Application to Sustainable Systems

Abstract

The talk discusses the investigation of the integration of linear machines in sustainable applications. First, a review of the topolo-gical variety of linear machines with their classification according to the morphology and the AC-type is presented. Then, selected sustainable applications equipped with linear machines are intro-duced with emphasis on the benefits gained by the substitution of rotating conventional machines by linear ones. Doing so, the selected applications are rope-less elevators, free piston engines, magnetic levitation (MAGLEV) trains, and wave energy conversion.

Speaker‘s Bio

Amal Souissi received the BSc degree in elec-tromechanical engineering in 2014, and the PhD degree in electrical engineering in 2017, both from the Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia. She is a post-doc researcher in the Research Laboratory on Renewable Energiesand Electric Vehicles (RELEV) of the University of Sfax, interested in the design of new topologies of linear AC machines, applied to renewable energy harvesting as well as to MAGLEV transportation systems. She is the author of many papers four of which have been published in IEEE transactions. She is the co-author of a book dea-ling with linear permanent magnet machines and their integration in sustainable applications which has been published by Springer in 2018.

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TitleEnergy Integration in the Process of Olive Mills’ Waste Management Targeting Green Diesel Production for Clean Automotive Application

Abstract

Despite the high-energy content of crude oil derived products, the fossil fuels start to be largely criticized due to increasing price, high rate of CO2 emanation and resource depletion. On the other hand, the continuous increase of agricultural wastes is another issue endangering the environment. These products are potential renewable bioenergy resources. Biofuel and biogas seem to be attractive and promising alternatives to gasoline and diesel. The project “waste to fuel” consists on the conversion of an agricul-tural waste (olive mills waste water sludge) into bio-fuel. Since the liquid state of the fuel is preferred (to be experimented in an internal combustion engine), a particular focus will be given to the fast pyrolysis process ensuring highest yield comparing to other technologies (slow pyrolysis and gasification). This process requires a considerable amount of energy for heating and cooling. Some energy integration solutions, such as reducing cooling demand from the compression refrigeration machine by the integration of a sorption chiller using heat recovery from the process and solar energy, are proposed in order to make it less energy-intensive and to enhance the energy efficiency of a waste management process for a clean biofuel production.

Speaker‘s Bio

Yassine Masmoudi received a BSc in energy engineering from the Ecole Nationale d'Ingéni-eurs de Monastir (ENIM) at the University of Monastir (UM), Tunisia, in 2011. After working in the field of renewable energy at the Agence Nati-onale pour la Maitrise de l'Energie (ANME) and at the Mediterranean Renewable Energy Center(MEDREC), he received a MSc double degree in renewable energies and energy efficiency from the University of Kassel (UKAS), Ger-many, and the University of Monastir (UM) in in 2018. Ever since, he is a researcher at the University of Lorraine, France.

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Title Sustainable Mobility: Past, Present, and Outlooks

Abstract

Until the 1960s, automotive manufacturers did not worry about the cost of fuel. They had never heard of air pollution and they never thought about the life cycle. Ease of operation with reduced maintenance costs meant everything back then. In recent years, clean air policies are driving the market to embrace new propulsion systems in an attempt to substitute or assist efficiently the internal combustion engine (ICE) by an electric drive unit, yielding, resp., the so-called electric and hybrid propulsion systems. Beyond road vehicles, rail, air, and marine ones are currently the subject of intensive sustainable design policies. Within this universal trend, the present work puts light on the state of the art regarding the sustainable mobility.

Speaker‘s Bio

Ahmed Masmoudi received the B. S. degree from the Ecole Nationale d‘Ingénieurs de Sfax (ENIS), Tunisia, in 1984, the PhD from Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France, in 1994, and the habilitation degree from ENIS, in 2001, all in electrical engineering. In August 1984, hejoined Schlumberger, France, as a field engineer. Then he joined the Tunisian University, where he has been involved in different positions related to both education and research. He is currently a professor of electric power engineering at ENIS, head of the Research Laboratory on Renewable Energies and Electric Vehicles (RELEV) and the coordinator of the SMART master program. He published 20 papers in IEEE transactions and overall 85 journal papers. As an IEEE senior member, he presented up to 300 papers in international conferences with 3 best paper awards. He is chairman of the program and publication committees of the International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), annually-organized in Monte Carlo, Monaco, since 2007.

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REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 participantsOverall 67 participants attended REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 coming to Sfax from France, Germany, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. All target groups have been pre-sent comprising representatives from

• governmental/public institutions like e. g. the Société Tunisienne de l´Électri-cité et du Gaz (STEG), the Tunisian Active Network for Social Accountability (TANSA) and the Agence Nationale pour la Maitrise de l‘Energie (ANME) from Tunisia,

• industry/companies like e. g. Ramboll, Nokraschy Engineering GmbH and MAC energy systems GmbH & Co. KG from Germany as well as Anoha Consulting Agency, Cabinet Hayet and Engineering Procurement & Project Management (EPPM) from Tunisia and

• academia like e. g. the École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat from Morocco, the University of Lorraine from France, Cairo University from Egypt, the University of Kassel from Germany as well as the Uni-versity of Sfax, the University of Tunis, the University of Monastir, the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology Tunis, the Institut Supérieur d‘ Informatique Tunis El Manar from Tunisia.

Fig. 10 shows the breakdown of REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 participants from enginee-ring disciplines with respect to their current working positions.

Fig. 10: Breakdown of REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 participants from engineering

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Impressions from REEE-MENA/WAT 2018

Fig. 11: Opening of REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 with (from left) Prof. Masmoudi (RUN coordinator at ENIS), Prof. Ayadi (Director of the Doctoral School of ENIS), Prof. Dahlhaus (REMENA coordinator at UKAS), Prof. Khalil (REMENA coordinator at the Faculty of Engineering at CU), Dr. Hassen (member of REMENA team at ENIM)

Fig. 12: Social program of REEE-MENA/WAT 2018 with (front from left) Dr. Selig, Mrs Aref, Dr. Mansour (members of REMENA team at UKAS), Prof. El Sobki, Prof. Khalil (members of REMENA team at CU), (back) Prof. Dahlhaus, Prof. Masmoudi

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REMENA future beyond 2018What is next in REMENA? The program objectives beyond 2018 comprise

• a sustainable development of the program in terms of attracting more students in renewable energy and energy efficiency (REEE),

• an increase of the spectrum of possible study contents and modules,• an improved financial support of students in the framework of both

scholarships and exchange programs as well as• a further development of MSc programs related to renewable energy and

energy efficiency (REEE) like e. g. environmental informatics, functional safety engineering, electrical communication engineering and optimiza-tion/machine learning in an international context.

The REMENA university network (RUN)In the future, the RUN concept will involve a growing number of universities teaming up with UKAS in Germany, CU in Egypt and UM in Tunisia to increase the number of offered English modules on a Master level in a coordinated fashion. In this way, the diversity of topics in the REMENA program can be increased. Far more important, though, is the fact that with a growing number of universities in the RUN, students might study up to three out of four terms in their home country and still get an international MSc double degree from UKAS. Currently, for instance, Tunisian students can study a term at UKAS in Germany, a term at ENIM in Monastir, a term at ENIS in Sfax and do their Master project as well in Tunisia. This will decrease their living costs substantially. The RUN will be exten-ded to universities in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries, presumably also in the Maghreb region, to allow REMENA students to choose their preferred places of study. At the same time, the RUN will allow non-REMENA master students to be exchanged within the network. Furthermore, UKAS has been successful in the past to raise funds for scholarships and within the ERASMUS+ program.While REMENA started as a program to educate future experts to support projects in REEE between Western Europe and the MENA region, the topics in the program are indeed not limited to these two regions. Clearly, a large number of topics in REMENA are equally important for other economic regions in the REEE field. Furthermore, other regions worldwide have an interest to carry out projects with

companies and institutions in Western Europe and the MENA region.

As a result, students from other countries, in particular non-European like India and Pakistan, show interest and are enrolled in the REMENA program and the diversity within the program increases. Clearly, the program is open for students from anywhere around the world.

So join REMENA in the RUN and visit

The REMENA university network (RUN)University of KasselProf. Dr. Dirk DahlhausFaculty of Electrical Engineering/Computer ScienceWilhelmshöher Allee 7334121 Kassel, GermanyE-Mail: remena@uni-kassel.de

Cairo UniversityProf. Dr. Adel KhalilDepartment of Mechanical Power EngineeringFaculty of EngineeringGiza, 12613, EgyptE-Mail: adelkhk@yahoo.com

University of MonastirDr. Souheil El AlimiEnergy Engineering DepartmentNational Engineering School of MonastirAvenue Ibn El Jazzar,5019 Monastir, TunisiaE-Mail: souheil.elalimi@gmail.com

University of SfaxProf. Dr. Ahmed MasmoudiEnergy Engineering DepartmentNational Engineering School of SfaxP.O. Box 11733038 Sfax, TunisiaE-Mail: ahmed.masmoudi@enis.tn

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