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Large-scale solar energy project in Tunisia will export electricity to Europe
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In an effort to address high energy production costs and increase the use of renewable sources, a delayed project to build Tunisia’s first large-scale solar energy farm is now under way. The farm, set to be developed by UK firm TuNur, was approved in 2012, not long after the country’s revolution. Ongoing political and economic instability led to interruptions in the project’s development, but…

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Moncef Harrabi, Chairman, Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG): Interview
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Interview:Moncef Harrabi, Chairman, Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG) What strategies are in place to meet the increasing demand for energy in Tunisia? MONCEF HARRABI: During the summer of 2017 energy consumption in Tunisia reached an all-time high of 4025 MW. This was a result of the heatwave that hit the country in July, with temperatures reaching as high as 47°C.…

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Nabil Smida, Chairman and CEO, Société Nationale de Distribution des Pétroles AGIL: Interview
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Interview: Nabil Smida, Chairman and CEO, Société Nationale de Distribution des Pétroles AGIL What investments are necessary to further develop Tunisia’s local storage capacity? NABIL SMIDA: In 2017 we completed our liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage centre in the governorate of Gabès, in the south of Tunisia. With six spheres and a 12, 000-tonne total capacity, the centre doubled its storage…

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Hydrocarbons exploration and renewable energy projects aim to address Tunisia's energy needs
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Situated between two energy-producing giants, Tunisia has not been as fortunate as some of its regional neighbours in terms of hydrocarbons resources. While comparably modest, the country’s oil and gas reserves have nonetheless provided an important contribution to economic growth and development. However, a lack of promising new discoveries has compounded concerns regarding the rapid depletion of…

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Stability required to rejuvenate Tunisia's phosphate industry
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A historically important contributor to the economy, phosphate mining continues to show mixed signs following years of underperformance. Seven years after Tunisia’s revolution, phosphate mining and the operations of state-owned Compagnie des Phosphates de Gafsa (CPG) remain marred by the loss of the country’s position in international markets. Instability during that time led to a sharp reduction…

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The Report: Tunisia 2018: Energy
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Despite its comparably lower volume of hydrocarbons reserves, Tunisia has largely been able to effectively allocate them to meet its development needs. However, as its oil and gas reserves diminish, the long-term energy strategy will increasingly rely on diversified sources. Although an uptake in exploration efforts may yield new exploitable reserves, an acceleration of renewable energy generation…

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The Report: Tunisia 2018
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Appointed in August 2016 as the head of a new national unity government, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed in early 2018 announced a series of reforms which sparked protests across the country. In response, the IMF, which continues to work with the government under its four-year, $2.9bn extended fund facility arrangement, stated that the reform agenda of 2018 was ambitious and should contribute to set

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La Tunisie poursuit la mise en œuvre de son projet solaire de 4,5 GW

In English La soumission récente de propositions portant sur la construction d’un nouveau parc solaire en Tunisie met en avant le potentiel du pays dans le domaine des énergies renouvelables, à l'heure où la demande d’énergie nationale monte en flèche. Début août, la société britannique TuNur a soumis sa proposition au ministère de l’Energie, des Mines et des Energies renouvelables…

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A new gas pipeline in the south of Tunisia nears completion
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In 2006 large reserves of natural gas and condensate were discovered in the Jenein Sud permit in the Ghadames basin. Since then, the Tunisian National Oil Company (Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières, ETAP) and Austrian oil and gas company OMV have worked to industrialise the field as part of the Nawara Development Project by surveying and drilling in the area, with eight exploratory…

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