Tunisia: Bids sought for Tozeur PV plant

Société Tunisienne d’Electricité et du Gaz (Steg) has launched a tender for the construction of a 10MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at Tozeur in the south-west of the country. Bids are invited by 24 June for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the plant, and the training of Steg staff in the installation, operation and maintenance of solar PV projects.The estimated €20m ($26.8m) project, co-financed by German development bank KfW and the European Union Neighbourhood Investment Facility, will be the first utility-scale solar PV project in the country.