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Edited by Jihad Taki
Sunday, 23 August 2009 17:52
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Tunisia and Italy have signed a project to connect the electrical networks according to the framework of the interconnection between the energy networks of the Maghreb and Europe.
The realisation of the project, which has been entrusted on the Tunisian part to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG), and on the Italian part to Italy’s electricity transportation company, is estimated at some 4 billion dinars.

It involves the construction of an electric power plant with a capacity of 1200MW, including 400MW, destined to cover Tunisia’s electricity needs, as well as a submarine interconnection between both countries of some 200 km, with a capacity of 1000MW.

The submarine interconnection is part of a Mediterranean project aiming at the creation of an integrated platform for the international exchange of electricity with neighboring southern Mediterranean countries, as well as with European countries via Italy.

Italy is Tunisia’s second trade partner with a volume of exchanges amounting to 10 billion dinars in 2008. Italy is also Tunisia’s"