Tunisia intends 1.7 GW of renewable energy projects

• The Tunisian federal government is preparing 1,700 MW of new renewable resource projects that must be implemented between 2023 and also 2025 throughout the North African country, power minister Naila Nouira stated on Tuesday.

The deployment of the green power generation capacity will certainly call for concerning TND 5 billion (USD 1.59 bn/EUR 1.5 bn) in financial investments, the minister stated in a telecasted statement.

The new projects were provided to financiers in the recently of December.

Nouira discussed that there are three renewable energy programmes in Tunisia-- the concessions scheme for projects of over 100 MW, one that sustains projects with a capacity in the series of 1 MW to 10 MW and a programme for self-production by commercial business or citizens.

Tunisia is making progress in the expansion of solar energy. The nation is home to the first floating solar (PV) park in the center East as well as North Africa which browsed the web near the resources Tunis in June with an anticipated annual generation of 265 MWh.

Another large-scale solar park with a capacity of 100 MW is prepared to reach business operation in the first fifty percent of 2024. The plant will certainly be built by Dubai's AMEA Power LLC in the north Kairouan Governorate with building readied to begin in the very first fifty percent of 2023.

Speaking additionally, the minister highlighted Tunisia's ambition to create green hydrogen and also green ammonia as the nation has an integrated approach in this area. The initial green hydrogen project was released last summer.