A solar photovoltaic power station built by Chinese companies was inaugurated on Tuesday in central Tunisia's Kairouan province. Tunisian Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Fatma Thabet Chiboub said at the inauguration ceremony that the project is Tunisia's largest photovoltaic power generation. . A three-hour drive south from Tunisia, the capital of Tunisia, is the historic city of Kairouan in Tunisia, 155 kilometres away. It is currently the country's fourth-largest city, and historically, Kairouan was the capital of the Egleb dynasty and was once the political, religious, commercial and. . TUNIS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- About 155 km south of Tunisia's capital Tunis lies the historic city of Kairouan, where rows of photovoltaic brackets rise from the desert like a steel forest, adding a gleaming touch to this sun-soaked ancient city. Covering about 200 hectares, the Kairouan 100-megawatt. . TUNIS, Dec. The power station is being constructed by a consortium comprising Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co. of China Power Engineering Consulting Group and CEEC Tianjin Electric Power. . Chinese companies on Wednesday broke ground on a 100-megawatt photovoltaic power station in central Tunisia's Kairouan Province, the largest photovoltaic power plant currently under construction in Tunisia. The commencement of the project represents a major step for Tunisia to implement energy. .