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New Energy Corridors in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: The Pivotal Role of Sicily

Rossano MuscaFabio MassaroMariano Giuseppe IppolitoGaetano ZizzoSalvatore FavuzzaL. Mineo

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Sicily–Italy doubling connectionControl and OptimizationEUMENA (European Union-Middle East and North Africa)020209 energyNew energyEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyContext (language use)02 engineering and technologylcsh:Technologytransmission systemRES integrationMediterranean seaOrder (exchange)Sicily–Malta interconnection line0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringRegional scienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering (miscellaneous)Mediterranean interconnectionlcsh:TRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industryTransmission systemGridSettore ING-IND/33 - Sistemi Elettrici Per L'EnergiaGeographyPosition (finance)Electricitybusinesstransmission systemsEnergy (miscellaneous)

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The present paper deals with the new opportunities deriving from the interconnections of the European and North African transmission systems. In order to achieve a single international market for electricity exchanges, interconnections between networks in different countries are becoming increasingly important and Sicily, for its geographical position in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, will undoubtedly play an important role as an electrical bridge between Europe and the North Africa in the near future. The paper, presenting the actual electro-energetic context of Tunisia, reports the new important interconnection already realized in South Italy (in particular in Sicily) and describe the planned interventions of the near future. In the second part of the paper, using the Neplan software package (10.7.4, NEPLAN AG, CH-8700 K&uuml

10.3390/en11061415http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en11061415