Amea Power plans to develop an 86 million dollars and 120 megawatts solar energy project in Tunisia aimed at accelerating the country's transition to clean energy.

The international finance corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, said in a statement that the solar energy project is the “first large-scale project financed by private funds” in Tunisia and one of the largest projects. of public-private infrastructure partnership in the country for more than a decade. SFI will provide Amea Power with up to $26 million in debt financing, including $13 million in concessional financing under the Clean Technology Fund

In fact, the contract for the project was ratified by the Tunisian government in March last year and is part of a renewable energy program described by the government in 2018. Selon le chef du gouvernement Ahmed Hachani, “the government expresses its firm commitment to complete the 120 MW Kairouan solar photovoltaic project, which represents an advance and significant in the country's energy transition.”