Tunisia's Green Electricity Priorities

The article discusses the future of exporting green electricity from North Africa to Europe, especially amidst technological changes and shifting energy priorities. Manghi Marzouk questions whether the focus should be on directing investments in renewable energies to meet Tunisia’s domestic needs or on exporting electricity to European markets. Compared to traditional projects like "Desertec," which concentrated on concentrating solar power, new perspectives point towards greater reliance on photovoltaic solar energy, given its decreasing costs and advancements in electricity storage technologies. The article also highlights the economic competitiveness crisis between North African electricity and Southern European markets, due to Europe's abundant resources, infrastructure, and automation, as well as the impact of financing and transportation costs. Although the European Union supports interconnection projects such as "Elmed" between Tunisia and Italy, this support does not explicitly reflect a commitment to importing electricity but rather aims to facilitate energy exchange based on demand. The discussion mainly emphasizes the need to prioritize between developing the local market, enhancing supply security, and producing electricity from renewable sources versus the opportunities presented by interconnection projects for exports and leveraging Tunisian solar and wind resources. This should be done while considering the capacity of the local grid and economic costs.

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