The energy transition in Algeria : an investigation of renewable energy exploitation' potential and challenges

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The energy sector in Algeria has undergone several reforms in recent years, and this has helped to advance its electricity and natural gas markets and adjust prices.

this article aims to investigate the challenges and the potentials of the energy transition process in Algeria, the study found that the country still lags behind other emerging economies in terms of efficient uses of its energy, due to an outdated transmission and distribution network for heating and electricity, as well as industry inventory and obsolete power plants while the sector's focus is increasingly on improving the energy efficiency of the economy,