الجزایر خود را برای بهره گیری بیشتر از منابع تجدیدشونده و آنچه رییس جمهور این کشور "دوران پس از نفت" خوانده است آماده می کند.این کشور در تلاش است تا شش تا هشت درصد برق خود را تا سال 2020 از منابع تجدیدپذیر تامین کند. 

Algeria is preparing a new government strategy which highlights the importance of renewable energy sources as the country prepares for what President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has referred to as the “post-oil era”.

The discussion comes on the heels of an annoucement from Algeria’s Electric and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) forecasting a significant rise in domestic demand for electricity and gas in the coming years, with natural gas consumption expected to reach 42-55bn cu metres by 2019. Electricity consumption, meanwhile, is projected to rise to 16,500-20,000 MW per annum, reports Global Arab Network according to OBG.

With Algeria currently on track to produce just 6-8% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020, the government is assembling regulatory frameworks, launching new national programmes and offering incentives to encourage national and international companies to invest in renewables.

These include "Horizon 2011", a UNDP-financed program to supply 5500 homes with solar hotwater, and "Al Sol", a program financed by the FNME (Fonds National pour la Maîtrise de l'Energie, National Fund for Energy Management) to supply 2000 individual solar water heaters, half in homes, half in industry.