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Table 1
Small hydropower in Tunisia
Past and current small hydropower 1990 2000 2010
Total operating installed capacity (MW) .. 27.5 29
Annual production (GWh/yr) 38 42 34
Number of plants
.. .. 4
(under 10MW)
Average age of plants
.. .. 50
(years)
Percentage of small hydropower generating capacity owned
by private owners
.. .. 0
Planned small hydropower 2015 2020
Additional capacity to be completed in the future (MW) 300
(pump storage)
300
(pump storage)
Current capacity to be closed 0 0
Annual estimated production (GWh/yr) 260 260
Existing master plan for small hydropower
no
EIA required for small hydropower
no
Source: Chokri 2
Note: Data from 2011.
Table 2
Installed small hydropower capacity in Tunisia
Station name Type of plant Type of
turbine
Head
(m)
Average annual
production
(GWh)
Installed capacity
(MW)
Start date
(Year)
El-Aroussia Run-of river Francis 11.0 3 4.80 1956
Fernana (downstream) Run-of river Francis 152.8 10 8.50 1958
Fernanan (upstream) Run-of river Francis 26.6 3 1.20 1962
Kasseb Run-of river Francis 51.0 2 0.66 1969
Bouhertma a Run-of river Francis 37.0 3 1.20 1976 , 2003
Mellègue
Dam - Multiple Gates,
.. - - 6.50 1956
Capacity 300 x 106 m 3
Ben Metir
Dam
.. - - 8.50 1958
Capacity 73 x 106 m 3
Kasseb
Spillway dam
Capacity 92 x 106 m 3 .. - - 0.66 1959
Sidi Elbarrak
Sejnane
Earth fill dam
.. - 4 0.60 2003
Capacity 264 x 106 m 3
Source: Chokri 2
Notes:
a. Conflict of data, start for Bouhertma also given as 1976
b. STEG mentions eight hydro plants, including El-Arrousia, Fernana, Kasseb, Bouherthma and Sejnene.
SHP installed
capacity
SHP potential
unknown
29 MW
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Figure 2 Small hydropower capacities in Tunisia
For the definition of small hydropower in Tunisia, see an
overview of installed run-of-river plants and dams which
use small hydropower in Tunisia. Within its policy of
development and rational use of renewable energies,
STEG launched a project of renewing the hydro stations
in order to extend their life span.
Renewable energy policy
The African Development Bank (2012) commended
Tunisia’s proactive policy with regard to the
management of energy as well as new and renewable
energies (wind, solar, sludge from treatment plants). 11
The Law No 2004-72 and its modification in 2009, Law
No. 2009-7, emphasizes the rational use of energy and
defines the sensible use of energy as a national priority
and the most important element of a sustainable
development policy. It states three principal goals:
energy saving, promotion of renewable energy and
substitution of the energy forms used previously,
wherever this offers technical, economic and ecological
benefits. Article 14 lists four areas in the field of
renewable energy, which are to be treated as priority
areas of a national promotion programme:
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