Under the authorisation regime, companies bid for projects up to 30MW at sites of their choosing.

The four winners are all European-based firms: Germany's Abo Wind, at Mornag, in the Ben Arous governate south of Tuis; UPC Tunisia Renewables BV, based in the Netherlands, at Jebel Kchabta; France's Lucia Holding at Jebel Sidi Bchir; and VSB Energies Nouvelles at El Batiha.

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US $32.5m has been approved by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to help in the energy projects within Africa. US $40m will help in investments in Africa while the bank investment will help set off its operations in the energy sector and unlock the US $40m.

Amadou Hott, the Bank’s Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth, added that the AfDB’s Board of Directors has made the investment deal with Climate"...

EWSROOM (ADV) – Authorizations for the production of electricity from wind power have been approved by the Tunisian government for the benefit of four foreign companies, including two French, one German and one Dutch, local media reports.

The agreements in principle for the start of the works were signed during an official ceremony at the Palais La Kasbah (Tunisian government headquarters in Tunis) in the presence of the Tunisian head of government"...

Policy makers worldwide have a proven solution for cutting carbon emissions by switching electricity generation from coal and oil to natural gas, Majid Jafar, CEO of Crescent Petroleum, told an audience of energy ministers and industry leaders meeting in Abu Dhabi this morning.

As global demand for energy rises, natural gas is emerging as a fuel of choice for power generation in the 21st century, serving as a central ingredient in a more sustainable"...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 6: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) will fl oat the final tender for gas pipeline to transport natural gas from North Kuwait to its refinery in Mina Ahmadi with a total cost of about KD150 million in February at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), reports Al-Seyassah daily quoting sources.

Sources said KOC is currently evaluating bids submitted by various companies to the Tenders Committee in order to present final recommendations"...

Khartoum - The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the government of North Darfur in Al Fashir have signed an agreement for North Darfur borderline trade with the two states of Libya and Chad for the year 2019 to the value of one billion Dollar along with a memo of understanding for border trade between the said two states and north Darfur state.
Signed for the government of Sudan on the agreement and the memo of understanding were each of the Governor of the state Al Sharif Mohamed Abas Samouh and the Minister of Finance"...

Oman Electricity Transmission Company (OETC) has announced the opening of its main Ibri 400/220-kV station in the sultanate built at a total cost of RO64 million ($166 million), said a report.

Construction work of the station has been implemented in two parts wherein the first part was concerned with constructing Ibri 400-kV grid station at a total cost of RO23 million while the second part of the project entailed building a double transmission line connecting new Ibri 400-kV grid station with existing Izki 400-kV"...

(TAP) – Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, on Wednesday, expressed his country’s willingness to help Tunisia overcome its energy problems.

The Japanese official, who was visiting the third power plant in Rades that should be operational in early June 2019, stressed the importance of the partnership between the two countries.

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London-based international independent oil and gas company Panoro Energy ASA has just announced that it has completed its $65 million acquisition of OMV Tunisia Upstream GmbH from Vienna-based integrated oil and gas company OMV.

Panoro Tunisia Production AS (PTP, 60 percent owned) now holds an indirect 49 percent interest in five oil producing concessions in Tunisia ( the Cercina/Cercina Sud, El Ain/Gremda, El Hajeb/Guebiba and Rhemoura) with net"...

Drivers of oil tankers in Tunisia started a surprise two-day strike on Thursday, protesting against delays in plans to involve them in the oil workers’ syndicate.

Following the start of the strike, drivers rushed to the oil stations and “caused chaos,” with many stations across the country running out of oil and being forced to stop services, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported on Friday.

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