The Algerian authorities have been working for several months to boost oil and gas activities. However, they are not neglecting their commitments in terms of energy transition.
In Algeria, Merouane Chaâbane, the Director General of the National Agency for the Promotion and Rationalization of the Use of Energy (APRUE) announced on Sunday June 18 that the government has mobilized 260 billion dinars (1, 9 billion dollars) for the execution of a program to rationalize energy consumption in the country.
With these funds, the government aims to reduce energy consumption by 10% by the end of the decade. To achieve this, the authorities have designed a vast operational plan covering the most energy-intensive sectors of Algerian economic activity.
The plan particularly targets the urban planning sector which alone consumes 46% of the energy used in the country. The program also integrates the field of transport, but also that of industry.
For each of these sectors, the State intends to implement activities to replace energy-consuming equipment. Thus, part of the funds allocated should be used to replace devices and lamps used in public lighting. Around 350,000 lighting points should be covered.
At the same time, investments will be made to support the dynamics of replacing vehicles using petrol with those running on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The implementation of this plan will be done without neglecting the sensitization of the population to the stakes of the rationalization of energy consumption for the State.
In this regard, the boss of the APRUE points out that “a greater number of citizens and major consumers have begun to understand the State’s policy in terms of rationalizing energy consumption and are committed to it”.
