- The World Bank affirmed the continuation of supporting energy sector projects in Tunisia, developing its electricity transmission network, helping it overcome all the obstacles it faces, and promoting the renewable energy sector and mines.
- The bank representatives expressed their willingness to provide support and technical support to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company, to develop the national electricity transmission network.
The World Bank affirmed the continuation of supporting energy sector projects in Tunisia, developing its electricity transmission network, helping it overcome all the obstacles it faces, and promoting the renewable energy sector and mines. This came during the meeting of the Tunisian Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Naila Nouira Al-Kenji Tuesday with Jesco S. Henschel, Director of the Morocco and Malta Department of the World Bank Group, and Alexandre Arrobio, Director of the Bank’s Office in Tunisia, in the presence of representatives of the Bank.
The bank representatives expressed their willingness to provide support and technical support to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company, to develop the national electricity transmission network and develop human capacities at the level of the Ministry and the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company, in addition to completing the programmed projects in the shortest possible time and the best conditions.
The Tunisian Minister of Industry praised the efforts of the Bank Group in supporting development projects in the energy sector to overcome all the problems raised, calling on the Bank Group to support Tunisia’s efforts to invest in electricity production projects from renewable energies. They also drew attention to the Bank’s financing of the electrical interconnection line project between the north and south of the country (Kandar-Sakhira) with a capacity of 400 kilovolts and a cost of approximately $150 million.