Norway’s Scatec, a prominent renewable energy company, together with Aeolus, a subsidiary of the Toyota Tsusho Group, have started commercial operations at the 60 MW Tozeur solar power plant in Tunisia.
The project is expected to deliver stable revenues through a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with the Tunisian state-owned utility Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG). Scatec holds a 51% stake in the project, while Aeolus owns the remaining 49%. According to the company’s press release, Scatec will handle Operations & Maintenance (O&M) as well as Asset Management (AM) services for the project.
This development follows Tunisia’s recent launch of a 200 MW solar PV tender, calling on private developers to apply for the construction and operation of solar power plants nationwide.
Tunisia is aiming to expand its renewable energy capacity, with a target of reaching 35% of its electricity mix from renewables by 2030. In March 2026, Tunisian authorities issued a tender covering the development of a 300 MW solar park integrating a 150 MW/540 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). Previously, in December 2025, Dubai-based developer Amea Power brought online a 120 MW solar project in Tunisia, currently the largest in the country.
At the end of 2024, Tunisia’s installed capacity stood at 6.9 GW, with gas providing 5.2 GW (74.9%); the remainder came from solar (11%), oil (9%), wind (3.5%), and hydro (1%).