Seminar on "AFD" credit line for energy control.Summary: The National Energy Control Agency (ANME) organised, on Thursday in Tunis, a seminar on "Launch of French Development Agency (AFD AFD Area Forecast Discussion (US National Weather Service)AFD Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency) AfD Articles for Deletion (Wikipedia) AFD A Few Days )'s Credit Line for Energy Control." The National Energy Control Agency (ANME) organised, on Thursday in Tunis, a seminar on "Launch of French Development Agency (AFD)'s Credit Line for Energy Control." <p>This reduced-rate direct credit line, worth a total amount of 40 million euros (approximately 73 million dinars), is meant to co-finance projects in matters of energy efficiency and renewable energies Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. . This French credit line supports the four-yearly energy control programme (2008-2011) aimed to bring down by 20% the demand in primary energy by 2011, i.e. a reduction of about 2 million Tonnes Oil Equivalent (TOE). In addition to AFD, the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community provides an additional bonus under the form of donations and three Tunisian banks, namely BIAT BIAT Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (Tunisian bank) BIAT British Institute of Architectural Technologists BIAT Brain Injury Association of Tennessee BIAT Burn-In/Aging Tester , BT and UBCI are to contribute in funding the investment. Opening the seminar, secretary of state in charge of renewable energies and food-processing industries Abdelaziz RassEoa said that Tunisia is fully involved in a policy of energy control and renewable energies utilisation, in a world juncture junc·ture n. The point, line, or surface of union of two parts. characterised by the instability of oil markets and its repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl on the payments balance of net oil-importing countries like as Tunisia. Mr. RassEoa pointed out that Tunisia is keen on raising the share of renewable energies in the total energy consumption at the rate of 13% by 2011. Copyright UMCI News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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