Tunisia’s energy ministry on 26 December announced that it had awarded four contracts for solar PV projects totaling 498MW as the country’s renewable energy ambitions edge forward.
France’s Qair International is to develop two projects, one of 198MW and a second of 100MW, whilst the remaining two projects of 100MW will be developed by Voltalia of France and Scatec of Norway, respectively. All four are towards the south of the populated part of Tunisia, in contrast to the country’s key thermal plants which for the most part are further north (see map & table 1). (CONTINUED - 555 WORDS)
