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Algeria to generate 22,000 MW from renewable energies by 2030
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4 August 2011 The Gas and Electricity Regulatory Commission (Creg) has just published a press release which reveals that 22,000 megawatts of electricity will be generated by Algeria by 2030 from renewable energies. About 12,000 megawatts will be destined for the national market and 10,000 megawatts could be exported. The national electricity generating program comprises the completion of 67 projects, 27 of these being photovoltaic power stations, 27 hybrid diesel and gas turbine hybrids, six solar thermal power stations and seven wind farms. According to the estimates of managers at Sonelgaz, the cost of these projects will…
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1.4 billion USD for port infrastructure projects in Algeria
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16 March 2011 Abdelkader Kheta, director of maritime infrastructures, announced that 1.4 billion dollars will be invested over the next four years in order to complete several construction and renovation projects at ports in Algeria. A release from the APS press agency reports that the works will consist of the creation of three fishing ports and marinas at Sidna Youcha , Beni K'sila , Oued Z'hor and Madagh. The project also includes works to extend the fishing ports at Raïs Hamidou, Cherchell, Honaïne and the old and new ports at El Kala. Reinforcement works on the piers will be carried…
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Nuclear power station for Algeria in 2020
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31 March 2011 The minister for Energy and Mines, Mr. Youcef Yousfi, announced at the start of the week at the Popular National Assembly that the country would have its own nuclear power station within…
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Algeria wants to generate 20,000 MW of electricity from clean energy sources by 2030
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12 April 2011 The Algerian government announced April 3 that it aims to generate 20,000 MW of electricity from renewable energies by 2030. This program will need an investment of 62.7 billion dollars.…
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Algeria: Algiers metro to enter service in 2011
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16 May 2011 The metro in Algiers could enter service by the end of this year, or at the latest by January, it was learned this week from a manager at RATP. "The Algiers conurbation is a very large cit…
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Algeria: National call for tenders for construction of gas transport infrastructures
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18 May 2011 A national call for tenders for the realization of alignment studies for gas supply systems in Algeria has just been launched by the Electricity and Gas Engineering company (CEEG). The project concerns the installation of over 2,200 km of pipeline, designed to supply gas to 341 localities across the country, situated in 24 wilayas, reports the newspaper La Tribune. These are the regions of Boumerdes, Ouargla, Ghardaïa and Biskra, Bouira, Chlef, Tissemsilt, Mostaganem, Mila, Souk Ahras, Jijel, Oum El Bouagh, Tébessa, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Skikda, Annaba, El Tarf, Blida, Médéa, Naâma and Tiaret.…
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Germany and Algeria reinforce their cooperation on renewable energies
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9 December 2010 Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on a visit to Berlin, last Wednesday met German chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the establishment of an economic commission to further their cooperation. They specifically raised the matter of their cooperation in the domain of renewable energies in order to reduce Algeria's dependency on hydrocarbons. "We will work on new energies as part of a colossal project, which is called Project Desertec, which we will expand by mutual agreement" said Mr. Bouteflika, whose words were quoted by Agence France Presse. This project is intended to create a vast…
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Algeria: 60 renewable energy projects by 2020
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6 January 2011 Sixty projects in the domain of renewable energies will be established in Algeria by 2020, it was announced at the weekend by the Minister of Energy and Mines, Youcef Yousfi. They will…
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Algeria and Canada cooperate on infrastructures
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12 January 2011 Last Monday, the Foreign Ministers of Canada and of Algeria signed a protocol of agreement in order to consolidate their cooperation, in particular on infrastructures. "Both of our governments have agreed to extend the agreement on air transport concluded in 2006", explained the Canadian minister Lawrence Cannon, who was quoted by the newspaper Le Quotidien d'Oran. It will come about by "an increase in the number of flights with a view to encouraging massive growth in the partnership opportunities between our countries", he added at a press conference during his visit to Algeria…
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Renewable energies: Algeria to invest 60 billion dollars
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14 February 2011 The CEO of the national electricity and gas company, Sonelgaz, announced in an interview on the national television channel that Algeria is to invest 60 billion dollars between now and 2030 in the generation of electricity from renewable resources. This is part of a governmental program which will cost a total of 120 billion dollars, and enable the generation of 22,000 megawatts of electricity, reports Le Quotidien d'Oran. The government is looking for international partners to provide financing for the other half of the program. About 10,000 megawatts of the 22,000 megawatts which will…