green hydrogen & ammonia opportunities in tunisia

Tunisia Germany PtX Dialogue

30th June 2021

Green Hydrogen & Ammonia Opportunities

in Tunisia

Achraf Smaoui & Daniel Rich, TuNur Ltd

TuNur Introduction

7/6/2021 TuNur Ltd - Renewable Energy, Hydrogen & Ammonia Opportunities in

Tunisia 2

• TuNur Ltd is an independent renewable

energy and hydrogen developer

• Based in Tunisia and focused on the

Mediterranean region

• Growing development portfolio across

various technologies

• In-country development team based in

Tunisia and successful track record in local

market

• First solar PV project in Tunisia to start

construction in 2022

Since 2019 TuNur has been investigating the potential for green hydrogen and ammonia development in the region

Participation in the “HyDeal Ambition”. Tunisia can be one of the lowest cost producers of solar <€20/MWh; and H2 <€1.5/Kg, making it highly competitive with European production

Developing a long term strategy starting with NH3 and eventually scaling into H2 subject to framework and infrastructure availability

TuNur working with leading companies to evaluate the full value chain of H2 & NH3 opportunities in Tunisia, including:


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Why Tunisia?

Low Cost Feedstock Access to Offtake Infrastructure with

EU Good Governance Skilled Labour

Regulatory

Framework

Extremely high solar

resource of GHI of

>2,000 kWh/m2/yr1 &

abundant land

availability

Close proximity to

demand centres of

Europe. Less than

150Km to Italy and

800Km to France

33bcm/yr2 of existing

gas capacity

connecting Tunisia to

Europe

Experienced teams

within Ministry and

STEG. In 2020 the

highest ranked

democracy in MEA3

Strong low-cost

manufacturing base

& high skilled labour

with experience in

large energy

infrastructure

Legislative

framework for

renewable energy

existing since 2015

attracting international

investors

1 Source World Bank & SolarGIS 2 Source STEG & GOT 3Source Economist Democracy Index 2020

Benefits of Green Hydrogen & Ammonia in Tunisia

• Increasing energy security by reducing reliance on imports and

reducing trade deficit

• Facilitating significant job creation across upstream, midstream

and downstream, and increased investment in RES sector

• Attracting new investments into “green manufacturing”

(green cement; green ammonia; green steel), increasing exports

• Making Tunisia an energy, trade and manufacturing hub in the

Mediterranean, leveraging existing infrastructure

• Regional investment and socio-economic development, and

technology transfer

• Synergistic opportunity to have a domestic and export

strategy in parallel


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Evaluation of a “Tunisia-Italy” leg showed that Hydrogen

projects could…..

In 2021 TuNur participated in the “HyDeal Ambition”, an

initiative involving over 40 companies to evaluate the

hydrogen “ecosystem” for over 92GW of solar producing

3.6m tonnes of H2 across Europe

Produce low cost H2 at

€1.5/kg including transport and storage cost

Production of 1,4Mt/year

production for export

Attract potential

investment of 20+Bn€

Generate 6,93 billion

TND p.a. of new export

*Subject to regulatory framework; access to infrastructure and storage capacity

Source: HyDeal, CVA, Tunur analysis


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Pre-requisites for H2 & NH3 projects in Tunisia

Institutional

Framework

Regulatory

Framework

Access to

Infrastructure Certification Financing Employment

National strategy for

domestic market and

mechanisms for export

via pipeline (H2) or

shipping (NH3)

Clear frameworks to

enable long term

investment (for both

co-location of

technologies and

decoupled)

Regulation for

blending; mechanisms

for grid access; and

development plans for

dedicated H2 transport

Implementation of an

accreditation scheme

for both local and

international market

Access to long term

international financing

for H2 and NH3

projects to reduce cost

of production

Facilitate training to

allow new skilled

labour across

upstream; midstream

and downstream

7/6/2021 TuNur Ltd – Project Amun Vert 6

• Amun Vert is a small-scale pilot project under development by TuNur,

to produce green ammonia in Southern Tunisia using 100% solar

power

• Located in the southern region of Gabès the PV plant will produce green

electricity to power the electrolysis and ammonia units

• The project will produce 1,500 tonnes of NH3 to be stored/transported by

trucks from site to local and/or international off takers

• The pilot project can act as proof of concept for significant roll out of large

scale green ammonia projects for local and international markets

Technical Details

Technology PV + Alkaline Electrolyzer + Ammonia Unit (HBL, ASU)

Capacity PV (9.5MW); Electrolyser (4.5MW)

Location Gabès, Tunisia

Annual Yield 1,500 tonnes NH3

CO2 Saving Circa 3,000-4000 tonnes / year

COD 2023

Overview - Projet Amun Vert

Overall Process Diagram Plant Design Location

1,500 tn

NH3/yr H2

Yearly

Production

Contact


Tunisia 7

London Office

TuNur Ltd

4th Floor

95 Aldwych

London, WC2B

4JF United

Kingdom

Tunis Office

TuNur Ltd

Immeuble Eya

Rue Ile de

Djerba

Les Berges du Lac 2,

1053 Tunis, Tunisia

Malta Office

TuNur Ltd

Level 2, Gasan Centre,

Triq Il-Merghat, Zone 1

Central Business

District Birkirkara, CBD

1020, Malta

www.tunur.tn

http://www.tunur.tn/

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