Tunisia: TuNur stays in the game with Rjim Maatoug application

Developer TuNur, which has not abandoned efforts to generate solar energy for export to Europe, in late July applied to the Ministry of Energy and Mines for authorisation to build an eventual 4.5GW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant near Rjim Maatoug in the south-western Kebili governorate, to be linked to undersea grid connections to cross the Mediterranean. The application will have to overcome resistance within Tunisia that has stalled previous efforts, including state utility Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz’s opposition to electricity exports.