A review on the water and energy sectors in Algeria: Current forecasts, scenario and sustainability issues

Hamiche, Ait Mimoune; Stambouli, A. Boudghène; Flazi, S.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.08.024

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“…Source: Hamiche et al (2015) The case with Algeria is much different from other energy consuming nations as it relates to energy. This is one of the surplus energy economies as it produces and exports a major chunk of its produced oil and natural gas to European economies, after meeting its domestic demand.…”

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“…Algeria has also been made efforts to generate power from solar and wind energy sources for its consumption and distribution to other European economies. Between 1992 and 2012, electricity use per capita in Algeria has jumped from 721.53 kWh per capita in 2001 to around 1406 kWh per capita in 2012 which corresponds to an annual average rate of around 6.25% (Hamiche et al 2015). Algeria has developed a national program for the period 2010-2050 to promote concrete actions in renewable energy ( Table-1).…”

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“…This country plans to export 6000MW solar energy electricity to Europe by 2020. Algeria has a high solar capacity with more than 3600h per year do sunshine (Hamiche et al 2015). A scientific study conducted by the German Aerospace Center (2013) show that Algeria has a potential of 169 Terawatt-hours a year (13 Terawatt-hours a year) of solar thermal (photoelectric energy) representing 60 times of the current European countries energy demand.…”

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Estimation of electricity demand function for Algeria: Revisit of time series analysis

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This paper aims to empirically re-examine whether economic growth has effect on electricity consumption for Algerian economy. We have incorporated urbanisation and trade openness in electricity demand function as additional determinants of electrictyy consumption for the period of 1971-2012. For empirical purpose, we have applied the recently developed combined cointegration test proposed by Bayer and Hanck (2013) and bounds testing approach to cointegration by Pesaran et al. (2001) for establishing the cointegration between the variables by accomodating structural breaks.The results expose that income growth leads to higher electricity demand along with urbanization being another major contributing factor of rising electricity demand. In contrast, trade openness leads to reduce electricity demand. The causal association between the variables is further exmained with the application of innovation accounting approach of Vector Autoregressive (VAR). The empirical evidnce inidactes the presence of the neutral effect between income growth and electricity use. Urbanization causes electricity use and electricity use causes urbaniation in Granger sense.

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“…Production of hydraulic sector represents only 389,4 GWh of 28 950 GWh generated by the SPE power generation subsidiary company of Sonelgaz, while the bulk of electricity production (18 723 GWh), is provided by gas (Hamiche, Stambouli, & Flazi, 2015;MEM, 2014;Stambouli et al, 2012).…”

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Albian drilling's and its hydropower potential in Algeria: Study and exploitation

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The Continental intercalary groundwater is highly sought for its water as resources hugely mobilized in Northern Sahara. A very high flow rate and output pressure characterizes this groundwater. It amounts from 50 to 400 l.s -1 for the flow, and from 5 to 40 bar for pressure. A survey of the Northern Sahara Aquifer System was essential to prove the existence of this potential. This energy appears into the artesian form, which remains very considerable for a very long time in most borehole. We have realized that this energy is immense, as well as the expanded volume of the groundwater, and the importance of its use in agriculture. Unfortunately, this potential remains untapped to this day and the energy of this water is completely neglected. Several turbo generator and/or inverted pump (PATs) integration tests were undergone. The new concept of reflection with respect to the environment and sustainable development has led us to structure our work towards the extension of this potential in order to extract the exploitable energy.Keywords: Albian, Continental Intercalary, borehole, Northern Sahara, Turbo generator. RESUMENEl agua subterránea intercalar continental es muy buscada para sus aguas como recursos movilizados en el Sahara del Norte. Un caudal muy alto y una presión de salida caracterizan esta agua subterránea, la cual, es de 50 a 400 l.s -1 para el flujo, y de 5 a 40 bar para la presión. Una encuesta del Sistema Acuífero del Sahara Septentrional fue esencial para probar la existencia de este potencial. Esta energía aparece en la forma artesiana, la cual permanece considerablemente durante mucho tiempo en la mayoría del pozo.. Nos hemos dado cuenta de que esta energía es inmensa, así como el volumen expandido de las aguas subterráneas, y la importancia de su uso en la agricultura. Desafortunadamente, este potencial permanece sin explotar hasta el día de hoy y la energía de esta agua es completamente desperdiciada. Se realizaron varios ensayos de integración de turbo-generador y / o de bomba invertida (PATs). El nuevo concepto de reflexión con respecto al medio ambiente y el desarrollo sostenible nos ha llevado a estructurar nuestro trabajo para extraer la energía explotable.

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“…It is estimated that by 2025, more than 60% of the world's population will live in countries with significant imbalances between water requirements and supplies, largely in Asia, Africa, and Latin America [2]. Water imbalances have therefore led to increased attention to the allocation and utilisation of water within the water-energy nexus in these regions [3], [4], [5], [6].…”

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A 20 year forecast of water usage in electricity generation for South Africa amidst water scarce conditions

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Pouris

2016

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Being a semi-arid country with limited fresh water resources and also a fossil fuel based energy intensive country, South Africa encounters the added pressure of allocating limited water resources. Roughly 90% of electricity in South Africa is generated from coal fired power plants that are located in semi-arid areas and use a combination of wet and dry cooling techniques. The paper aims to forecast water usage within coal based electricity generation in order to facilitate water management in water deficient parts of the country. Some of the older return to service (RTS) power plants which have been brought back to operation due to electricity shortages are water intensive and are located in water constrained water management areas. These power plants should be phased out gradually and replaced by higher efficiency dry cooled power plants -that are currently under construction -by the year 2020. Total water requirements could reach 370 gigalitres by the year 2021 from current levels of 360 gigalitres. Depending on the retirement of inefficient power plants, total water usage can be reduced by roughly 14%. Results show that management of water resources in the electricity generation sector can result in informed water allocations within water management areas. Proposed gradual retirement of the RTS fleet could result in a savings of 15% of the forecasted shortfall of 234 gigalitres by the year 2025. The deficit in electricity generation output caused by the retirement of the RTS fleet will have to be compensated by the simultaneous commissioning and operation of new build power plants. Such measures will provide much required water relief to water constrained water management areas. Overall increases in water usage until 2035 can be minimised if inefficient wet cooled power plants are gradually retired and if dry cooled power plants are more prominent.

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A review on the water and energy sectors in Algeria: Current forecasts, scenario and sustainability issues

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Estimation of electricity demand function for Algeria: Revisit of time series analysis

Estimation of electricity demand function for Algeria: Revisit of time series analysis

Albian drilling's and its hydropower potential in Algeria: Study and exploitation

A 20 year forecast of water usage in electricity generation for South Africa amidst water scarce conditions

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