The Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) has started building a 220 MW solar PV power plant in the Biskra wilaya (northern Algeria), while a Chinese consortium of China Electricity and Water Company (CWE), Chinese Nuclear Industries Corporation (HXCC) and Yellow River Company for Consulting Engineering (YREC) has launched construction of an 80 MW solar PV project in the Ouled Djellal wilaya, located just south of Biskra.Both solar projects are expected for completion in 2025.
The two projects are part of the 2 GW auction for the construction of 15 solar PV projects across Algeria, which was held in November 2023. Chinese companies dominated this auction, as they are developing nine of the projects (1,550 MW). In late March 2024, China State Construction Engineering Corporation also launched the construction of a 200 MW solar power plant in another northern Algerian wilaya, El M'Ghair.
In 2022, solar accounted for around 1.7% of Algeria’s installed capacity (with 460 MW) and less than 1% of its power mix.
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