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MAN LONDON, April 22, 2016
Solar power from the searing sands of Tunisia to your home in the UK. Who said the Sahara was a desert?
Energy intelligence - July 2013
Energy intelligence published in its July issue “Tunisia Eyes Renewables, Efficiency as Gas output declines” where it depicts the energy situation in Tunisia and the strategies to face gas reserves decline and energy demand increase. These include renewable energy mix objectives and energy efficiency. As part of Tunisia energy strategy, solar export is being considered through the launch of TuNur project which is currently being considered for an agreement with the Tunisian Government.
The Energy Industry Times- February 2013
Dr. Till Stenzel and Kevin Sara, respectively CEO and Chairman of TuNur Ltd, published in The Energy Industry Times an article about the realization of the vision of exporting solar power from North Africa to Europe through the TuNur project. The article explains the advantages of CSP compared to other renewable energy such as PV and wind. TuNur project is the first gigawatt-scale solar export project between Tunisia and Europe which has already achieved major milestones. It is also endorsed by DESERTEC Foundation and already many multilateral banks and strategic equity investors have declared their interest in financing this project.
On the 8th of February 2013, Tunisian daily newspapers La Presse and El Maghreb published articles explaining the TuNur project and the technology deployed, clarifying the water and the land issues and stressing on its positive impacts especially environmental and economic. Both articles highlight the impatience and the support of local people to the implementation of the project.
TUNISIALIVE - February 8 2012. By Bernard Yaros
If Europe decides to turn away from nuclear and other sources of energy, as current trends tend to indicate, where will the continent look to power its future? Some say: Tunisia.
TuNur, a joint-venture company between NurEnergie, a solar power plant developer based in England, and a collection of Tunisian investors, has seized upon the unmet export market of solar energy from Tunisia to Europe. It establishes the first solar export scheme between Tunisia and Europe.
TuNur Limited has filed its request for authorization with the Tunisian Ministry of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy for a 4.5 GW solar export project. A newly established solar complex in the Sahara Desert in Southwest Tunisia, near Réjim Maâtoug (Kébili Governorate) would supply the growing European market for carbon-free electricity, and stimulate much needed economic development in the interior region of the country.
Further to the successful inclusion in the shortlist of European Network of Transmission Operators (“ENTSO-E”) Ten Year Network Development Plan (“TNYDP”) 2016 (November 2015), TuNur has now been included in the 2016 Executive Report of the TYNDP.
TuNur project will provide clean energy to more than 2.5 million homes, creating double the energy of UK’s nuclear energy output
TuNur Ltd, the joint venture between Nur Energie and Tunisian investors developing the first solar export project, presented at International parliamentary hearing on renewable energy and climate legislation, which took place from 5th to 6th April 2014, in Hamamet, Tunisia.
TuNur project has been re-evaluated by DESERTEC Foundation and has been found in conformity with DESERTEC principles, criteria and indicators. These principles take into account the water use of the project, its socio-economic impact and benefits, its environmental responsibility and conservation and the reliability of the electricity supply.
The “EU Grid Integration of Tunisia-Based Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant” study, conducted by TuNur with Imperial College of London and DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability investigates the impacts of integrating 2GW of electricity generating capacity from TuNur’s CSP power plant in Tunisia into the European electricity system via an HVDC link from Tunisia to Central Italy. The study shows that solar imports from North Africa technically feasible and brings several grid integration benefits to the European electricity system.
In the sands of North Africa, the DESERTEC Foundation’s vision for a future where the world's deserts supply clean and sustainable energy to the whole of humankind is beginning to take shape. That future begins in the Saharan deserts of Tunisia with a project called "TuNur".
Director and CEO of TuNur, Kevin Sara, will introduce the TuNur project as solution to provide low carbon power that is both flexible and reliable.
When? November 11, 1:00– 1:30pm
Kevin Sara, CEO of Nur Energie Ltd and Chairman of TuNur Ltd discusses the TuNur project and Nur Energie firsthand experience of the challenges and opportunities of private investment in Tunisia during its democratic transition period, at the G8 Deauville Partnership Investment Conference in London.
TuNur is promoting Tunisia and the TuNur project in the Dii Third Conference and is a Silver sponsor of the conference
TuNur Ltd. held a well-attended seminar on the proposed TuNur solar energy export project in Southern Tunisia at the UK Ambassador’s residence in Tunis on 26 January 2012.
Tunisia
In Tunisia, Nur Energie is developing the world’s first CSP solar export project between North Africa and Europe.
For more information about the TuNur project please visit the TuNur company website: www.tunur.tn
TuNur attends the Third Dii conference
TuNur is promoting Tunisia and the TuNur project in the Dii Third Conference and is a Silver sponsor of the conference
TuNur was present at the Dii Third Desert Energy Conference in Berlin from the 7th-9th November 2012 to promote the TuNur project and Tunisia as a potential Solar energy producer and exporter.