The Tunisian authorities has granted licenses to 4 PV tasks with a mixed capability of 500 MW. The chosen builders are Qair Worldwide, Voltalia, Toyota Tsusho and Scatec.


Picture: Tunisian Ministry of Business, Mines and Power

Tunisia’s Minister of Business, Mines and Power, Fatima Al-Thabat Shibb, has authorised 4 photo voltaic tasks with a mixed capability of 500 MW.

France-based Qair Worldwide will construct a 100 MW facility within the Kasr area of Gafsa province and a 200 MW challenge within the Al-Khabna area of Sidi Bouzid Governorate. French developer Voltalia will assemble a 100 MW photo voltaic farm in Gabès province. A consortium of Norway’s Scatec and Japan’s Aeolus, a unit of Toyota Tsusho, will develop a 100 MW PV plant close to Mazouna in Sidi Bouzid Governorate.

“These tasks are anticipated to return into operation beginning in 2027 and can be capable of produce about 1,100 GWh per 12 months, equal to five% of the nationwide electrical energy manufacturing and an economic system of about 250 thousand tons of pure gasoline, value about $125 million per 12 months,” the ministry stated in a press release.

The tasks have been chosen beneath a 1.7 GW renewable vitality tender. The ministry stated the bottom awarded price was $0.03183/kWh.

Tunisia is advancing utility-scale photo voltaic by way of a sequence of tenders, together with the newest procurement spherical launched in January 2023. It beforehand accomplished a 500 MW photo voltaic tender in December 2019.

In October 2024, Tunisia launched a brand new tender for 200 MW of large-scale photo voltaic, with submissions due by Jan. 15, 2025.

Tunisia’s complete photo voltaic capability reached 506 MW by the tip of 2023, in response to the Worldwide Renewable Power Company (IRENA).

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