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Next 20 years an era for sustainable energy development in Algeria

Fri, 2017-01-20 09:24

Algeria is determined to make the next 20 years an era of real development for sustainable energy, says Energy Minister Noureddine Boutarfa.

“We have set ambitious and promising targets for renewable energy, and we are determined to make the newt 20 years an era of real development for sustainable energy,” he says in an interview with the Oxford Business Group published here this week in its 2016 report on Algeria.

The Minister recalled that Algeria’s national renewable energy programme envisages 47 to 57 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2030, of which more than 9.0 TWh should be installed by 2020.

[Full article here | Photo by Filtran]

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