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1. Tunisia - A Possible Electrical Savior of Southern Europe?

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   Surcease may come from North Africa, and the leading potential state to supply that need might be… Tunisia. Tunisia is endowed with a reliable source of solar power in its southern Saharan region, where the sunshine generates 20 percent stronger solar radiation than even the best locations in Europe. Given its proximity to Italy, Tunisia is in an ideal position to transfer such renewable energy directly to European markets, with much less energy loss along the way compared to its Maghreb neighbors. Last year’s Arab Spring has significantly improved investor interest in Tunisia. Read more.…

2. Electrical connection planned between Tunisia and Italy

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   26 November 2009 A draft agreement has just been signed between Italy and Tunisia to initiate a study of the potential of renewable sources of energy and their application. The objective is to create an interconnection for electricity between Tunisia and Italy. At a conference on 24 November 2009 in Tunisia the persons responsible for the project emphasised that the interconnection is going to push ahead the creation of renewable sources of energy in Tunisia and other countries in North Africa. It should also create the foundations for an energy market with Europe. The interconnection will have a capacity…

3. France and Tunisia sign energy and ICT agreements

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   7 July 2011 France and Tunisia on Monday signed several agreements on energy and ICT, reports a press release published by the French ministry for Industry, Energy and the Digital Economy. "We signed a partnership agreement with three key issues: the energy security of Tunisia, its economic, social and territorial development, and the creation of a technological center of excellence at regional level…

4. Tunisia: 66 million Dollars to restructure the electricity network

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   3 September 2009 On Wednesday, 2 September, the African Development Bank (BAD) approved a loan of 87.83 million Tunisian Dinars (66.306 million Dollars) to upgrade the country’s electricity distribution networks. The loan will go to finance a project with a total cost estimated at 82 million Dollars which involves the whole of Tunisian territory. This involves principally renovating the electricity lines and substations for the medium and low voltage networks of the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG). The economic development of Tunisia and the increase in the demand for energy has meant…

5. Tunisia: the government takes stock of its efforts in ITC

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   3 December 2010 A conference on information and communication technologies was organised last Wednesday in Tunis, in collaboration with the World Bank. Mohamed Ammar, minister of Communication Technol…

6. 60 MW wind farm project launched in Tunisia

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   5 January 2011 A feasibility study for a 60 MW wind farm in Tunisia has just begun, it was announced Monday 3 January by the Agence nationale tunisienne de maitrise de l'énergie (ANME). The wind…

7. AFD finances gas project in Tunisia

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   29 March 2011 France has announced its intention to make a sum of 150 million euros available to Tunisia to finance a project to extend the natural gas network in the regions in the North-West and South-West of the country, it was announced on Friday by the French minister for Industry, Eric Besson. This project will be financed by the Agence française de Développement (AFD), reports the Xinhua press agency. The minister specified that the aid will also be designated for the enhancement of the potential of these regions and that France will henceforth opt for decentralized management of the funds…

8. Launch of wind power development project in Tunisia

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   28 April 2011 A project aimed at developing wind power in Tunisia has just been initiated by the Agence nationale pour la maîtrise de l'énergie (ANME) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Headed "Private Sector-Led Development of On-grid Wind Power in Tunisia", it will extend over nine months, from April to December 2011, according to a press release from ANME. The intention…

9. FDA finances project to extend natural gas network in Tunisia

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   2 June 2011 A project to develop the infrastructures for natural gas transport in the North West of Tunisia has just been adopted by the government. It requires an investment of 578 million dollars, of which almost 217 million dollars will come from a loan from the French Development Agency (AFD), reports the newspaper La Presse. The project comprises the construction of 1,700 km of gas pipelines and…

10. Tunisia: TIC development objectives towards the year 2014

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    24 May 2010 The Tunisian government is aiming to achieve a number of 570 thousand high-speed Internet subscribers by the end of 2010, and 1,400,000 in 2014. This announcement was made on Friday 21 May…