Germany 's ABO Wind , French firms Total Holding and VSB Energy Nouvelles , and The Netherlands ' UPC Energy Renewables have become the first foreign companies to be granted electricity production licences from the Tunisian government . The firms will sell wind power to the Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG) at prices ranging between 110 millimes and 135 millimes per kilowatt hour. The Tunisia 's Ministry of Industry and Small and Medium - sized Enterprises has provisionally approved wind projects worth TND400 m ( $ 400 m ) with a capacity of 100 MW . Tunisia 's energy deficit was TND19bn in 2018 .
Germany 's ABO Wind , French firms Total Holding and VSB Energy Nouvelles , and The Netherlands ' UPC Energy Renewables have become the first foreign companies to be granted electricity production licences from the Tunisian government . The Tunisia 's Ministry of Industry and Small and Medium - sized Enterprises has provisionally approved wind projects worth TND400 m ( $ 400 m ) with a capacity of 100 MW . Tunisia 's energy deficit was TND19bn in 2018 .