A consortium of Norway's Scatec and Japan's Aeolus, a unit of Toyota Tsusho, will develop a 100 MW PV plant near Mazouna in Sidi Bouzid Governorate, all equiped with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)A consortium of Norway's Scatec and Japan's Aeolus, a unit of Toyota Tsusho, will develop a 100 MW PV plant near Mazouna in Sidi Bouzid Governorate, all equiped with Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)solar PV and wind together accounting for nearly 70%. The integration of these variable energy sources into national energy grids will largely depend on storage technologies, and among them especially batteries, to provide the flexibility required to smooth the energy supply w ich expected to reach. To support the ambitious plans for decarbonizing the Tunisian power system, GET. transform teamed up with GIZ's program, Support for an Accelerated Energy Transition in Tunisia (TETA) through a Leveraged Partnership and contracted Energynautics to do an assessment on Battery Energy Storage Systems. Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date. STEG, or the Société tunisienne de l'électricité et du gaz (Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas), is currently undertaking studies for the project, according to a news. French developer Voltalia will construct a 100 MW solar farm in Gabès province. The kick-off brought together over 25 high-level stakeholders, including representatives from the Ministry of Energy, Mines, and Energy Transition (MIME), the. Tunisia's Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Fatima Al-Thabat Shibb, has approved four solar projects with a combined capacity of 500 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). France-based Qair International will build a 100 MW facility in the Kasr region of Gafsa province and a 200 MW project.