MIEMA

The Malta Intelligent Energy Management Agency (MIEMA) is a public body to conduct research and promote energy efficiency and renewable energy sources. It operates on a national level and it was set up in 2007 with the support of the Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme and with the participation of a number of public institutions.

University of Malta (particularly the Industrial Electrical Power Conversion Department, the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Mediterranean Institute), the Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs and various municipalities.

Its research activities have focused on the local context, such as the energy practices of the tourism industry and the performance of PV installations in Malta. MIEMA personnel also conduct energy audits and offer an advisory service to encourage a more intelligent use of resources. Its publications have been widely distributed to disseminate information on the optimization of the use of conventional energy resources and to develop renewable sources. Its researchers have been involved in the setting up of a 15kW PV and 10kW wind RES system in a sustainable development centre managed by Nature Trust Malta.

Since it was established in 2007, MIEMA has been involved in a number of EU funded projects amongst which are the following:

Enerscapes (MED Programme)

Limit4WeDA (MED Programme)

MEDEEA (MED Programme)

ELIH-Med (MED Strategic)

MED ALGAE (EnpiCBCMED)

4POWER (Interreg IV C)

EcoRegions (Interreg IV C)

GreenITNet (Interreg IV C)

The BUSMalta (IEE)