Social PROSOL ELEC

In 2018, ANME set up the social photovoltaic programme – PVSOCIAL – for households with low electricity consumption. This was entirely funded by the Energy Transition Fund (Fonds de Transition Energétique – FTE) to the extent of 15 million DT. The programme promotes the widespread domestic installation of photovoltaic solar panels, in contrast with the established PROSOL ELEC’s orientation towards large energy consumers. It is worth noting that low electricity consumption households (less than 1,800 kWh per year) represent around two-thirds of the residential customers of STEG (Société Tunisienne de l’Électricité et du Gaz).

The first phase of the programme consisted of a priority pilot project in the governorate of Tozeur in the southwest of Tunisia, which had the aim of subsequently passing on the lessons learned from the project to the rest of the country. A steering committee and project management group were set up to oversee the pilot project’s development, the objective being to equip 10,000 households with photovoltaic installations. This would have the effect of reducing CO2 emissions by 1,750 tonnes per year through achieving photovoltaic power generation of 4.7 Gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year.