ACCIONA-SWICORP consortium to build 75MW wind farm in Tunisia

ACCIONA-SWICORP consortium to build 75MW wind farm in Tunisia

A consortium of Spain-based global infrastructure company ACCIONA and Saudi private equity company SWICORP has been awarded the concession for a build 75-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Tunisia.

The project, located in Chenini in Tataouine governorate, is estimated to cost 500 million Tunisian dinars (nearly $165 million), state-owned Agence Tunis Afrique Press (TAP) reported on Friday.

The report said 14 wind turbines of 6MW capacity would be installed in the mountainous area of Djebel Dahar, located 80 km from Djerba.

The project partners will also build a 225-kilovolt transmission line from Chenenni to Tataouine.

Construction is expected to start at the end of 2025 and take 18 months, the TAP report said, citing an Acciona executive. It said the power generated would be sold to the Tunisian power and gas company (STEG).

The government had launched, since May 2018, prequalification tenders for procuring 500 MW of wind energy capacity (300 MW on state land and 200 MW on private land) and 500 MWp of five solar photovoltaic (PV) projects (on state land). In November 2018, 16 developers were selected for solar PV projects and 12 for the wind projects, the TAP report said.

ACCIONA Energía, the renewables subsidiary of ACCIONA and Enara Bahrain Spv Wll (ENARA),