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Tunisia suffered a sudden power cut lasting around three hours across the country on Wednesday due to a technical problem, the state-owned monopoly electricity and gas company Steg announced.
The power cut occurred at around 01:00 local time (00:00 GMT) "due to a sudden breakdown" at the Radès power station in the southern suburbs of Tunis, Steg said in a statement, without giving any details.
Electricity began to be restored at 4.00 am in several districts of Tunis.
According to reports on social networks, the power cut lasted more than four hours in some areas.
This type of nationwide power cut is rare in Tunisia.
This summer, due to a heat wave that exceeded 45 degrees Celsius, the authorities had to carry out scheduled load shedding, targeting a different region each time.
According to data from June 2023, the state-owned company Steg supplies 99% of Tunisia's electricity, produced mainly from natural gas, with renewable energies (mainly photovoltaic) accounting for just 2.5% of the total.
As the country has few hydrocarbons, most of its natural gas comes from Algeria, thanks to preferential tariffs on the gas pipeline linking that country to Italy.
Tunisia also imports natural gas from neighbouring Algeria and neighbouring Libya.Several regions of Tunisia have also experienced cuts in drinking water supplies in recent months, due to the drought that is threatening water reserves.
Dams are currently only 27% full, and the government has introduced rationing until the end of September
TUNIS - Electricity supplies were cut across Tunisia for two hours on Wednesday but the reason for the rare nationwide outage was unclear, residents and the state electricity company STEG said on Wednesday.
The Interior Minister Kamal Feki was headed to the power plant in Rades city to investigate the reasons behind the blackout, his ministry said. REUTERS
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A sudden power outage hit Tunisia Wednesday, causing a nationwide blackout for about three hours due to technical problems, the electricity and gas company STEG said.
The outage came about 1:00 am (0000 GMT) "due to a sudden breakdown" in the Rades power plant in the southern suburbs of Tunis, the company said in a statement, without giving further details.
The electricity started to come back on about 4:00 am in several Tunis neighbourhoods, but the outage lasted more than four hours in certain areas, according to reports on social media.
Translation:Power outage in all Tunisian states after a sudden explosion was heard
During the summer, authorities were forced to stagger scheduled power cuts targeting different regions due to a searing heatwave when temperatures reached over 45 degrees Celsius (112 degrees Fahrenheit).
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