On 17 June 2020, the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition announced the winners in the third bid round for electricity production from renewables. All offered tranches in the 10 MW and 1 MW category were awarded. Only solar photovoltaic (PV) projects were on offer. The tables below summarize the results.   The Director General of Electricity and Renewable Energy at the ministry, Belhassan Chiboub, said that the sixteen projects once operational will avoid the consumption of 30,000 tons of oil equivalent in imported natural gas. The successful bidders have now two weeks to sign exclusive power purchase agreements with the national utility SociÃ©tÃ© Tunisienne de l'ElectricitÃ© et du Gaz. Chiboub pointed out that the total investment proposed for these projects amounts to TND 150 million.  Of note is that an established oil & gas company, Mazarine Energy, was awarded a 10MW project. Mazarine thus becomes the second E&P company actively developing renewables projects in Tunisia. The first company was Eni who completed a 5 MW PV plant at its Adam oil field and a 10MW PV plant in the town of Tataouine.      Â   The Ministry of Industry and Small & Medium Enterprises had extended the deadline to submit offers in the third bid round for electricity production from renewables from 26 November 2019 to 9 January 2020.  On 11 July 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Small & Medium Enterprises launched the third bid round for electricity production from renewables. The offers were as follows: 60 MW in individual projects not exceeding 10 MWc and 10 MW in individual projects not exceeding 1 MWc.  A procedure manual for potential bidders could be obtained from Tunisian utility STEG at the following link: https://www.steg.com.tn/ministere/ipperautorisation_2019.php  Further clarifications were available at the following address: ipper.autorisation@energiemines.gov.tn  Bids were to be submitted before noon (Tunis time) on 26 November 2019. Bids were to be sent to the following address:  MinistÃ¨re de lâIndustrie et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises  86 Avenue Mohamed V  1002 Tunis  Tunisie
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