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For the first time... Algeria joins the 'Gigawatt' club in renewable energy

May 18, 2026اقتصاد – الشروق أونلاينechoroukonline.comTranslated from Arabic
For the first time... Algeria joins the 'Gigawatt' club in renewable energy

The General Director of the Algerian Green Energy Group, Boukhalfa Yaïssi, stated that Algeria has officially entered, for the first time, the 'Gigawatt' club of renewable energy, through the official inauguration of two solar power plants with a capacity of 400 megawatts in Mghair and Biskra, raising the actual national production to 1009 megawatts (1.09 gigawatts). Yaïssi emphasized the urgent need to move beyond the 3200 megawatts program and make the project available for external financing under the Ministry of Finance's decision regarding projects of national interest. Yaïssi, a renewable energy expert, explained in a statement to 'Echorouk' that the first results of the first part of the national renewable energy program estimated at 3200 megawatts have actually appeared from the...

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