Tunisia’s planned 220km subsea interconnection project with Italy (ELMED) has taken a step closer to the development phase with the awarding of a €460mn ($532mn) contract for the construction of the $1.16bn high voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine cable.
Tunisian state firm STEG and Italian operator Terna awarded the contract for the 600MW ELMED power link to Italian cable firm Prysmian in late September. (CONTINUED - 736 WORDS)
