- The Tunisian government distributes solar-powered water heaters to 4,000 families.
- The kits are to optimize energy consumption in Tunisia, currently affected by an economic crisis.
According to the Tunisian Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition, Tunisia is considering reducing its fossil energy consumption by 30% by 2030. Also, the National Agency for Energy Management (ANME) recently equipped 400,000 households with solar-powered water heaters.
The programme is a result of the cooperation between ANME, the Italian government and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The initiative is to create a sustainable market for solar thermal applications and to install 200,000 m² of solar thermal collectors in Tunisia, according to Souad Abrougui, director of Prosol.
Over the past few years, other solar energy initiatives run by local business owners have also come to fruition in Tunisia. This is the situation with the solar-powered water generator “Kumulus 1.” Kumulus Water created the four-filter installation, a start-up business specializing in water engineering with sophisticated features. This apparatus has provided drinking water to 570 students in Makthar, northwest Tunisia, since May 2022.