Tunisian utility planning 600MW pumped hydro energy storage
Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date. STEG, or the Société tunisienne de l''électricité et du gaz
In 2022, only 3% of Tunisia's electricity is generated from renewables, including hydroelectric, solar, and wind energy. While STEG continues to resist private investment in the sector, Parliament's 2015 energy law encourages IPPs in renewable energy technologies.
State power utility company STEG controls 92.1% of the country's installed power production capacity and produces 83.5% of the electricity. The remainder is imported from Algeria and Libya as well as produced by Tunisia's only independent power producer (IPP) Carthage Power Company (CPC), a 471-MW combined-cycle power plant.
The planned transition of the energy sector would also lead to more economic opportunities and private sector-led job creation. The Government of Tunisia (GoT) has embarked on an ambitious path to increase its renewable energy production.
In 2024, the GOT is also expected to launch a tender for the construction of at least one 470-550 MW combined-cycle power plant in Skhira (south Tunisia) as an IPP. In May 2018, the Ministry of Energy and Mines published a call for private projects to build renewable power plants with a total capacity of 1,000 MW (500 MW wind and 500 MW solar).
Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date. STEG, or the Société tunisienne de l''électricité et du gaz
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The Government of Tunisia is taking steps to diversify its energy generation mix by bringing on hydropower and solar energy. As one of the most climate vulnerable Mediterranean countries,
The Government of Tunisia is taking steps to diversify its energy generation mix by bringing on hydropower and solar energy. As one of the most climate vulnerable Mediterranean countries,
Tunisia''s national grid is connected to those of Algeria and Libya which together helped supply about 12% of Tunisia''s power consumption in the first half of 2023. Moreover, in August 2023,
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