Agence Nationale des Energies Renouvelables (ANER), Tunisia:
Partners in Large Scale Wind Development for Tunisia

The side event presents details on Tunisia's plan to develop 300 MW of grid connected wind capacity in the next six years. 20 MW wind capacity is already owned and operated by the national power company STEG. The objective of the event is to enter a dialogue with potential partners, developers and financiers for wind IPP projects. A slide show summarises existing experiences with wind parks in Tunisia and provides detailed information on framework conditions for the development of seven new sites as IPP/BOT projects. Resource data, infrastructure information, grid data and geographic features will be presented together with results of technical, financial and economic analyses for various project alternatives. Regulatory and tariff issues will be discussed and avoided cost based on Tunisia�s generation mix will be explained. Participants will be asked to make suggestions on how to close the financing gap between a power purchase tariff that is based on the national power company�s avoided cost and the expected generation cost of privately financed IPPs.

Three major issues are envisaged for the discussion:

� The potential for cost reduction through partnerships between international private sector companies and Tunisian firms in the implementation of IPP projects
� Available sources of equity capital and credit enhancement facilities through bi- and multilateral lending agencies
� The potential to enhance project finance through CDM, green certificates or other modalities under the climate convention.

It is expected that representatives of financing institutions, investors, hard ware manufacturers and international organisations will contribute to a discussion on innovative approaches for large scale grid connected RE development.

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