Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French hydrogen developer HDF Energy to develop a first large-scale green hydrogen project to serve both the European market and domestic needs. The proposed project has a potential capacity 1 GW of wind power, 500 MW of solar PV energy and 800 MW of electrolysers to produce up to 65 kt of hydrogen, with an initial investment of about €3bn. The green hydrogen production is expected to be exported to Europe through the SoutH2 corridor, a hydrogen pipeline project that aims to ensure hydrogen imports from North Africa through southern Italy to important hydrogen demand clusters in Italy, Austria and Germany.
Tunisia aims to become a leader in hydrogen production thanks to its abundant solar and wind energy resources. The country seeks to produce 8.3 Mt of green hydrogen and its derivatives by 2050, of which 2.3 Mt would be destined for the domestic market and 6 Mt for export, with an expected total investment of €120bn.
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