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Tunisia commissions the first floating solar station on a lake next to a Tunis industrial park. It has already started operating and is expected to generate 200-kilowatt of solar energy. It was implemented by a French renewables company, Qair, and is billed as the prototype for bigger projects nationwide. The project, to be operated in water, does not need any land mass
Tunisia commissions the first floating solar station on a lake next to a Tunis industrial park. It has already started operating and is expected to generate 200-kilowatt of solar energy. It was implemented by a French renewables company, Qair, and is billed as the prototype for bigger projects nationwide. The project, to be operated in water, does not need any land mass.
The French company officials said that floating solar panels help to conserve water resources since it reduces water evaporation and at the same time make the panels more energy efficient. However, Tunisia’s achievement in the solar sector belies the expectation. It wanted to make a heady way of producing green energy. In 2015, Tunisia set ambitious targets for renewables. However, last year green sources accounted for only 2.8 percent of the country’s energy mix. The rest of the energy needs were met by natural gas.
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Tunisia has a lot of sunshine and the expectation of the policymakers is that everyone will put up solar panels for their household use. The neighbouring country Morocco is trapping sunshine in a bigger way and is currently producing around a fifth of its electricity from clean sources.
