{"id":241504,"date":"2025-03-29T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=241504"},"modified":"2025-03-26T16:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:34:48","slug":"scatec-signs-25-year-ppa-in-tunisia-for-a-120-mw-solar-plant","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/scatec-signs-25-year-ppa-in-tunisia-for-a-120-mw-solar-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Scatec signs 25-year PPA in Tunisia for a 120 MW solar plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scatec signs a 25-year power purchase agreement <strong>for a 120 MW solar plant in Tunisia<\/strong> , in partnership with Aeolus SAS. This project aims to contribute to the country&#8217;s goals of increasing the share of <a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/integration-renewable-energies-shipping\/\"><strong>renewable energy<\/strong><\/a> in its energy mix.   <\/p>\n\n<p>The agreement with the state-owned company STEG was concluded following a public tender in December 2024. In addition, Scatec, together with Aeolus, <strong>will invest \u20ac87 million in the Sidi Bouzid II project<\/strong> , with an equal stake of 50%. Financial closing is planned for the second half of 2025.  <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scatec leads the way with its 120 MW solar plant<\/h2>\n\n<p>This project is part of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/scatec_scatec-signs-25-year-ppa-in-tunisia-for-a-activity-7309924181830197248-FZRy?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAEKYikgBjygh5GpRtttit6tTS7TQvMcSdSs\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/scatec_scatec-signs-25-year-ppa-in-tunisia-for-a-activity-7309924181830197248-FZRy?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAEKYikgBjygh5GpRtttit6tTS7TQvMcSdSs\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scatec<\/a><\/strong> &#8216;s strategy to increase renewable energy capacity in emerging markets, with a focus on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/amazon-in-offshore-wind-project-moray-west\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"124982\">solar and wind projects<\/a><\/strong> . Tunisia, which relies primarily on gas imports to generate electricity, is seeking to reduce its energy dependence through the expansion of renewable sources.   <\/p>\n\n<p>To achieve its <strong>goal of 30% renewable energy by 2030<\/strong> , the country plans to hold more <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/boem-and-offshore-wind-energy-auction\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/boem-y-subasta-de-energia-eolica-marina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar and wind energy auctions<\/a><\/strong> in the coming years. Scatec, with over 4.8 GW in operation and construction globally, continues to consolidate its presence in Tunisia as a leader in the solar sector. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Representatives of the companies\" class=\"wp-image-241212\" style=\"width:649px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo-624x351.webp 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/Representantes-de-las-empresas-al-firmar-el-acuerdo.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Representatives of the companies signing the agreement. Source: Scatec <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>This agreement also highlights the importance of projects like Sidi Bouzid II, which are essential to ensuring Tunisia&#8217;s energy security and mitigating the effects of climate change. According to Terje Pilskog, CEO of Scatec, this agreement marks a key step in the country&#8217;s energy transition and demonstrates Scatec&#8217;s continued commitment to the region. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media and don&#8217;t miss any of our posts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow\">X (Twitter)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@inspenet?_t=8qqIL6dRGNR&amp;_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/scatec.com\/2025\/03\/24\/scatec-signs-25-year-ppa-in-tunisia-for-a-120-mw-solar-plant\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scatec.com\/2025\/03\/24\/scatec-signs-25-year-ppa-in-tunisia-for-a-120-mw-solar-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scatec<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scatec&#8217;s solar plant in Tunisia is crucial to helping the country achieve its goal of 30% renewable energy by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":241215,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-241504","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/241504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/241504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=241504"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=241504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}