ALGERIA

Algeria Looking To Generate Extra 2.8GW This Summer

Algeria’s Minister of Energy and Mines Yousef Yousfi pledged on 22 March that the country would suffer no power cuts this summer. He said that an additional 2.8gw of electricity could be generated compared with 2012. Official news agency Algeria Press Service (APS) said power outages in Southeast Algeria last summer – which triggered violent protests – were a result of delays in commissioning two high...