Positive
Project advancing - milestone achieved
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
By February 2013, TuNur and its engineering partners had completed key cable route engineering for the 2 GW HVDC interconnector between Southern Tunisia and Italy, identifying a dedicated submarine cable route from the project site near Réjim Maâtoug to the Italian coast with marine engineering support from Intertek Metoc. Based on further work by Italian consultant CESI, an interconnection point on the Tyrrhenian coast at Montalto di Castro was selected and later approved by Italian TSO Terna, which provided a 2000 MW grid connection solution at this optimal landing point in central Italy.