Tunisia says aims to produce quarter of energy from renewables in 2020

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Image used for illustrative purpose A wind turbine is seen over the panels of a solar power plant of Korea South East Power Co. (KOSEP) in Incheon, in this file photo taken September 30, 2010. Image used for illustrative purpose
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Tunisia will produce 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020

Tarek Amara, Reuters News

January 10, 2019

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Image used for illustrative purpose A wind turbine is seen over the panels of a solar power plant of Korea South East Power Co. (KOSEP) in Incheon, in this file photo taken September 30, 2010. Image used for illustrative purpose

TUNIS- Tunisia will produce a quarter of its energy output in 2020 through renewable energy projects worth 2.5 billion Tunisian dinars ($835.56 million), Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said on Thursday.

Chahed added that Tunisia will produce 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020.

The announcement comes after the government approved on Thursday wind power projects for international investors.

Last year, Tunisia said it would invest 12 billion dinars in electricity and other energy projects from 2018 to 2020.

($1 = 2.9920 Tunisian dinars)

(Reporting by Tarek Amara; editing by Jason Neely and Alexandra Hudson) ((tarek.amara@thomsonreuters.com;))