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13TH MEDITERRANEAN RESEARCH MEETING 21-24 MARCH 2012 MONTECATINI TERME (FI) - ITALY Solar import from Africa: the Italian and the European perspective G. Migliavacca*, A. L’Abbate*, R. Calisti*, M. Soranno* C. Brancucci**, C. Alecu**, M. Vandenbergh**, G. Fulli** *: RSE (Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico) SpA, Milan (Italy) **: EC – JRC (Joint Research Centre), Petten (The Netherlands) gianluigi.migliavacca @rse-web.it angelo.labbate @rse-web.it carlo.brancucci @ec.europa.eu gianluca.fulli @ec.europa.eu Abstract Goal of the present work is to provide a first preliminary analysis on the effect of African solar energy import on the Italian system at 2030. In particular, the aim is to provide a first preliminary answer to questions like: what flow will prevail in Italy at 2030 (wind from the Northern border or solar from the Southern border); how could the market prices be modified as the effect of RES import from North and from South. The scenario analyses presented in this study are the result of a collaboration between the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, which developed, respectively, a pan-European approach and a detailed model of the Italian system. Keywords Transmission Planning, RES Integration, Mediterranean Solar Plan 1. Introduction The energy and climate change targets fixed for 2020 (the so-called “20-20-20”) represent a first concrete action of the European Union (EU) to achieve a low-carbon energy economy for the future. Further ambitious measures are expected to be put forward: the EC 2050 Roadmap ([1]) hints at a future “low ca