The government orders an immediate start on a third gas turbine at Borj El Amri

The commission on major projects, chaired by head of government Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, decided on Monday to open procedures at once for a turbine of 250 to 400 MW, costed at 600 million dinars and due in service in the summer of 2027, and to put the plant extension on the list of strategic projects. The file presented to the commission puts July's peak demand at 6400 megawatts against 5175 in 2025, with consumption growing 4 to 5 percent a year. The same meeting released the contracts to finish the 105-bed regional hospital at Thala in Kasserine and the Ennahli digital city in Ariana.

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