Energy in Algeria describes

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and

electricity Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter that has a property of electric charge. Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described ...

production, consumption and import in

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. Primary energy use in 2009 in Algeria was 462 TWh and 13 TWh per million persons.IEA Key energy statistics 2011
Page: Country specific indicator numbers from page 48 Algeria is an

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country.

Overview

Natural gas

Algeria was top 5. exporter of

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in 2009 with 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) net export behind 1)

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

169 bcm, 2)

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

100 bcm, 3)

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

76 bcm and 4)

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

67 bcm. Top natural gas producers in 2009 were: 1)

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594 bcm, 2)

589 bcm, 3)

159 bcm,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

144 bcm, 4)

106 bcm, 5)

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

90 bcm, 6)

89 bcm, and 7) Algeria 81 bcm.

Gas Pipelines

The

Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline The Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline (''TransMed''; also ''Enrico Mattei gas pipeline'') is a natural gas pipeline from Algeria via Tunisia to Sicily and thence to mainland Italy. An extension of the TransMed pipeline delivers Algerian gas to Sloveni ...

(''TransMed'') is a

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from

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via

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and

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constructed in 1978-1983 and 1991-1994. The

Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline The Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline (MEG; also known as the Pere Duran Farell pipeline or Gazoduc Maghreb Europe GME) is a natural gas pipeline, which links the Hassi R'Mel gas field in Algeria through Morocco with Cordoba in Andalusia, Spain, wh ...

is 1,620 kilometres long natural gas pipeline from

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via

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

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. The Medgaz Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline from

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Nuclear Energy

Since 1995

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operates research reactors at

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and

Aïn Oussera Aïn Oussera or Aïn Oussara ( ar, عين وسارة) is a city in Djelfa Province, Algeria, with an estimated (2005) population of 134,174. It is the district seat of the Aïn Oussera District. This city, located 200 km south of the capital A ...

. It signed nuclear cooperation agreements with

in January 2007, with the

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in June 2007, and with China in March 2008. Algeria has discussed nuclear cooperation also with France.

Oil

Algeria is a member of

. In 2008 Algeria was the top 7th oil products exporter. Less than 11% of worlds oil products were exported. Total world crude oil export was 1 952 Mt and oil products export 411 Mt in 2008. Oil fields include

Hassi Messaoud oil field Hassi Messaoud Oil Field is an oil field located in Ouargla Province. It was discovered in 1956 by S.N. REPAL and developed by Sonatrach. The oil field is operated and owned by Sonatrach. The total proven reserves Proven reserves (also called m ...

, Ourhoud Oil Field and Rhourde El Baguel oil field. As of 2022, Algeria produces roughly a million barrels of crude per day.

Solar power

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has the highest technical and economical potential for solar power exploitation in the

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region, with about 170

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per year. First industrial scale solar thermal power project has been initiated by inauguration of Hassi R'Mel power station in 2011. This new

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plant combines a 25-

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(MW) concentrating solar power array in conjunction with a 130 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant. In addition, Algeria has launched in 2011 a national program to develop renewable energy based on

photovoltaics Photovoltaics (PV) is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially us ...

(PV),

concentrated solar power Concentrated solar power (CSP, also known as concentrating solar power, concentrated solar thermal) systems generate solar power by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight into a receiver. Electricity is generated when ...

(CSP) and

wind power Wind power or wind energy is mostly the use of wind turbines to electricity generation, generate electricity. Wind power is a popular, sustainable energy, sustainable, renewable energy source that has a much smaller Environmental impact of wi ...

, and to promote energy efficiency. The program consists of installing up to 12 GW of power generating capacity from renewable sources to meet the domestic electricity demand by 2030.

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Overview

Natural gas

Gas Pipelines

Nuclear Energy

Oil

Solar power

See also

References