Less than 90% in one year: Algeria definitively turns its back on coal

The figures speak for themselves: Algeria's coal consumption fell from 0.01 to 0.001 exajoule between 2024 and 2025, a decline of over 90% in just one year. Coal, which already represented only a marginal share of national energy supply, thus becomes an almost residual source, confined to rare occasional industrial uses. This disengagement is primarily explained by the fundamentals of the Algerian energy model. The country has considerable natural gas reserves, which cover most of the electricity needs and ali...