Tunisia''s power infrastructure – September 2024
A table lists proposed green hydrogen schemes, with renewable power capacity, GH2 output and the date of the signed MoU
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, Tunisia's sub-sea connection project with Italy, called ELMED, was approved for $337 million funding from the European Commission.
The project will consist of 660 km of 525-kV ACDC overhead lines in Tunisia, 661 km of 525-kV DC submarine cables, and 7 km of 525-kV DC and 400-kV underground cables, terminating at an existing high-voltage substation. Tunisia's power sector is well-developed, with 99.8% of its population having access to the national electric grid.
Tunisia has a current power production capacity of 5,944 megawatts (MW) installed in 25 power plants, which produced 19,520 gigawatt hours in 2022. State power utility company STEG controls 92.1% of the country's installed power production capacity and produces 83.5% of the electricity.
Original licensing: 2020 The World Bank, Source: Global Solar Atlas 2.0, Solar resource data: Solargis. Tunisia has significant solar potential given the country's high irradiance, ranging from 1800 kWh/m2 per year in the North to 2600 kWh/m2 per year in the South. This equals approximately 1,980 sunshine hours per year.
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