Tunur, harnessing the power of the sun

The Zammit Group is one of the main shareholders in the TuNur solar project which aims to export renewable solar energy from Tunisia to Europe. The project will contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of the European grid by opening a new energy corridor between North Africa and Europe, purposefully built for the transportation of solar energy from the Sahara desert to the European grid. At the same time the project will provide a strong stimulus to enhance the Tunisian economy and further its path toward sustainable growth.

As a first stage, the project consists of a modular 250MW CSP Tower plant with molten salt storage in Rjim Maatoug, Southern Tunisia, with a dedicated 250MW HVDC transmission line from the site in Tunisia, across Tunisia, through the Mediterranean Sea, landing in Malta. Once landed in Malta the power will be transported to offtakers in mainland Europe through the existing Malta-Sicily interconnector.

Phase 2 of the project consists of modular 2,250MW CSP Tower plant with molten salt storage on the same site in Rjim Maatoug, Southern Tunisia with a dedicated 2,000MW HVDC transmission line from the site, across Tunisia, through the Strait of Sicily, East of Sardinia and the Tyrrhenian Sea, landing North of Rome, Italy. Once landed in Italy power will be transported to offtakers across Europe.