📋 Tender Overview
Project ID
56184
Status
Exploratory
Location
Tunisia
Business Sector
Energy
Notice Type
Private
Environmental Category
B
Approval Date
10 Sep 2025
Disclosure date
06 Aug 2025
Project Description
Provision of senior debt financing to fund the construction and operation of a 100 MWAC solar photovoltaic plant and its associated transmission infrastructure, located in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia (the "Project").
Project Objectives
The Project will support private sector participation in the Tunisian power sector and increase the share of renewable energy in the energy mix in line with the nationally declared targets, bringing a strong demonstration effect for the energy transition in a fossil fuel dominated economy. The Project will also support the development of a gender-responsive Skills Development Strategy and implement an outreach campaign focused on increasing women's representation in technical and leadership roles in a traditionally male-dominated energy sector.
Transition Impact
ETI score: 80
The Project will contribute to the "Green" transition quality by adding 100 MWAC of green generation capacity to the Tunisian power system, currently dominated by gas-fired power plants, to support the country's low-carbon transition by reducing its reliance on thermal power generation. That will result in significant CO2 emission savings estimated at c. 107k tonnes per year.
The Project will also support the "Competitive" quality by funding a renewable project developed by private developers in the power generation sector, which remains majority-owned by the state-owned utility STEG. The Project is part of the first 500 MW solar PV projects under the new 1.7 GW renewable energy programme under the Concession Regime, which was competitively tendered in 2024.
