They include 200 MW solar plant in the province of Tatouine, two 100 MW PV facilities in the provinces of Kaiouran and Gafsca, and two more 50 MW solar parks in the provinces of Sidi Bouzid and Tozeur. Tunisia’s renewable energy strategy is targeting to deploy around 4.7 GW of clean energy capacity by 2030. The Tunisian government has introduced legislation allowing surplus electricity produced by plants to be sold to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company. Tunisia is also involved in the Mediterranean Solar Plan and DESERTEC “super-grid”. By 2050, the project will have invested around €400b in solar plants and transmission lines to meet a large proportion of both MENA and continental Europe’s electricity demand.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 17, 2018 12:33 UTC