The Algerian-German Energy Partnership, a decade of shared vision.
A Strategic Partnership Shaping a Sustainable Energy Future
Launched in 2015, the Algerian–German Energy Partnership has evolved into a key platform for dialogue, cooperation, and concrete action in the energy sector. Built on a shared vision, the partnership aims to support the development of a stable, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply for Algeria and Germany. So as 2025 comes close to its end, let's travel back in time and relive this 10 year journey.
For Algeria, the partnership plays an important role in advancing the deployment of renewable energy, improving energy efficiency, and fostering emerging sectors such as green hydrogen. These efforts are supported through knowledge transfer, capacity building, and technological cooperation. For Germany, the partnership strengthens collaboration with a strategic partner in North Africa while promoting the development and dissemination of innovative, clean, and reliable energy solutions.
Over the past decade, cooperation under the Partnership has delivered tangible and measurable results. Joint activities have focused on key areas including solar and wind energy, energy efficiency, and the modernization of electricity networks. In recent years, green hydrogen has emerged as a central pillar of bilateral exchange, reflecting its growing importance in the global energy transition.
These achievements are underpinned by a wide range of concrete actions. They include business matchmaking initiatives to foster investment in the renewable energy sector, study tours and exchange visits, training workshops and capacity-building programs, as well as technical studies on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and green hydrogen. A major milestone was the launch of the Green Hydrogen Task Force in February 2024, designed to expand bilateral economic opportunities through feasibility studies on green hydrogen production, storage, and marketing, in alignment with the 2015 Paris Agreement.
Looking ahead, the Partnership is guided by a clear ambition: to accelerate the deployment of renewable energies, modernize electricity networks, strengthen energy efficiency, and position green hydrogen as a field of excellence within Algerian–German cooperation.
Algeria and Germany have decided in 2015 to intensify their bilateral energy cooperation, so as to promote the use of renewable energy sources and the improvement of energy efficiency in industry. Their common aim is to shape both countries’ energy futures in a way that maximizes benefits for citizens, environment and businesses, in partnership with the Algerian Minstery of Energy and Mines
We facilitate high-level political dialogue, exchange of good practices, technical advice and business meetings - and communicate about the energy transition.
Facts & Figures
Country Surface
Algeria and Germany are among the biggest countries in their respective regions. As the biggest country on the African continent, Algeria’s surface exceeds Germany’s by more than six times. This brings along challenges for energy infrastructure, but also potential for distributed energy solutions, for which Germany has significant experience to share.
Source: World Bank 2017
Solar Irradiation
Algeria’s solar irradiation is about double of Germany’s, giving it a particularly high potential for energy production from solar energy. Algeria is pursuing ambitious plans to fully seize this potential and cooperating with Germany in order to benefit from its long experience in implementing solar energy projects.
Sources: Algeria: Ministry of Energy, Germany: Agency for Renewable Energies
Algeria: Ministry of Energy
Germany: Agency for Renewable Energies, Erneuerbare Energien 2030 – Potenzialatlas Deutschland (German)
Population
Germany’s population is about the double of Algeria’s. However, Algeria’s population growth rate (1.8 p.a.) is more than the double of Germany’s (0.2 p.a.), challenging local infrastructure, and especially energy supply infrastructure.
