Prysmian wins 460 mln euros power cable deal connecting Italy to Tunisia

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

26/09/2025 12:39

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Italy's cable maker Prysmian PRY.MI has won a contract to build a submarine power cable connecting Italy and Tunisia, it said on Friday in a statement.

The contract, awarded by tender of Italy's power grid operator Terna TRN.MI and the Tunisian electricity grid operator STEG under the Elmed Project, could reach a value of around 460 million euros ($536.59 million), subject to certain conditions, Prysmian said.

The power line will go from the Partanna electrical substation in Sicily to the Mlaabi substation on the Tunisian Cap Bon peninsula.

"The interconnector will benefit both countries and support the global shift toward cleaner energy," Prysmian's EVP Transmission BU Raul Gil said.

($1 = 0.8573 euros)

 (Reporting by Laura Contemori, editing by Matt Scuffham)

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