Renewables Seminar Examines Funding Opportunities for Tunisia’s Solar Plan
Seminar Examines Funding Opportunities for Tunisia’s Solar Plan
Friday, 01 January 2010 09:52
TUNISIAONLINENEWS (December 12, 2009) - Tunisia has been one of the foremost countries in the region to adopt the Mediterranean solar plan. The country which plans to boost its output of renewable energies has launched a number of renewable energy projects including wind farming and solar projects, as part of its own solar plan. Recently, it also adhered to the international “Desertec” project.
Within this framework, the Tunisian Company Gas and Electricity company, (STEG) and the national agency of energy rationalization (ANME) held an international seminar on Friday in Tunis, dedicated to the launch of the Tunisian Solar Plan under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Small and Medium Enterprises.
The seminar brought together representatives of international financial institutions, donors and Tunisian and foreign operators in the sector of renewable energies. The Tunisian solar plan includes 40 projects in the sectors of solar energy, wind energy and underwater electrical interconnection between Tunisia and Italy. Its overall cost is estimated almost 4 billion dinars.
In his opening presentation, Mr.Abdelaziz Rassaa the Secretary of State in charge of renewable energies, stressed Tunisia’s international cooperation in the renewable energy sector with the European Union, the World Bank, the Environmental World Fund and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
In an interview to TUNISIAONLINENEWS Mr. Ayadi Ben Aissa, the Director General of the national agency of energy rationalization (ANME) said that the participation of financial institutions at the international seminar is crucial to finance the Tunisian solar plan which also continues to receive the support of the World bank as well as several others major financial institutions.
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