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Tunis – Sud 1 — 66 MW Natural Gas

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Tunis – Sud 1 is a 66 MW gas power plant located in Tunisia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
66 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1975

Year online

Owner
Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG)

Operator

Location
36.77, 10.20

Coordinates

Insights

#16
largest in %s
#3,561
largest %s worldwide
#11,957
largest worldwide
1975
%d yrs older than avg
11
operated by %s
10
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
66 MW
Commissioned
1975
Status
Operational
Owner
Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG)
Country
TUN
Coordinates
36.766, 10.202

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
127,484 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3.8M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

27,714
cars / year
16,998
homes / year
5.8M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Tunis – Sud 1 is a 66 MW gas power plant in Tunisia, commissioned in 1975.

Ranked #14 of 18 gas plants in Tunisia. Its 66 MW represents 1.37% of Tunisia’s total gas capacity of 4,834 MW. The largest gas plant in Tunisia is Rades A1 at 700 MW, making Tunis – Sud 1 approximately 10.6 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Rades A1 (700 MW, Gas), Bir Mcherga 1 (486 MW, Gas), and IPP Rades 2 (470 MW, Gas). The facility is located in the Ben Arous Governorate, about 15 km southeast of Tunis.

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