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Power plants in Tunisia

A directory of 27 power plants in Tunisia with a combined installed capacity of 5,052 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

27power plants
5,052MW total capacity
3fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Tunisia)

Gas: 19 plants19GasHydro: 6 plants6HydroWind: 2 plants2Wind

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Tunisia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

560gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
4.0%low-carbon electricity
4.0%renewables
96.0%fossil fuels
Gas: 95 % of electricity95GasSolar: 2 % of electricity2SolarWind: 2 % of electricity2WindOil: 1 % of electricity1Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Tunisia

#PlantFuelMW
1Rades A1Gas700
2Bir Mcherga 1Gas486
3IPP Rades 2Gas470
4Sousse CGas424
5Sousse DGas424
6GhannouchGas415
7Thyna 1Gas375
8Sousse BGas364
9Sousse AGas320
10Feriana 1Gas236
11Bouchemma 1Gas185
12GouletteGas123
13MetlineWind72
14Sidi DaouedWind70
15KasserineGas68
16Tunis - Sud 1Gas66
17Korba 1Gas56
18Menzel BourguibaGas44
19SfaxGas44
20ZarzisGas34

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