Mrs Amina Benkhadra, Moroccan Minister of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment was in Algeria last Tuesday on a working visit. She spoke with her Algerian counterpart, Mr. Youssef Youssfi, about opportunities for future cooperation between both nations, especially in the fields of renewable energy and mining. The two sides also discussed how they could improve [...]

A government spokesperson yesterday announced that a “funding totalling $120 billion will be needed for the production of 22,000 megawatts of electricity from renewable sources over the next twenty years” The Algerian government is committed to putting forward $60 billion towards the project, while hoping they can attract international partners to provide the remaining funds. [...]

The Algeria government is planning to have a silicium plant built from 2013 to provide for the manufacture of solar panels. The projects will be based on a 200 million to 250 million Euros investment. This project would help producing panels locally and avoid the plant to be dependent on imported raw materials. The plant’s [...]

Youcef Yousfi, the Energy Minister, announced various measures that are soon to be applied to the energy sector in Algeria. He explained that there were no worries concerning the country’s gas supply and that the oil sector’s priority in terms of investments went to refineries. 8 petrochemical structures are planned for that sector, in the [...]