Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy

Tunisian startup turns olive waste into clean energy

In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi's small workshop hums as a large machine turns olive waste into a valuable energy source in a country heavily reliant on imported fuel.

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A green innovation that transforms olive residues into clean fuel, reducing deforestation and energy dependence. At the heart of a Tunisian olive region, a local company revolutionizes energy production by valuing waste from olive oil production. These residues, called "grignons" – made up of skins, pulps and fragments of nuclei – are the first to appear on Le Singulier.

In the middle of the olive groves, in the workshop of Tunisian engineer Yassine Khelifi, the engine of a vrombit machine to transform olive groves into heating briquettes, alternative to wood and vital energy source in a country heavily dependent on its gas imports and...