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Towards a Systematic Approach to Energy Transformation in Algeria

 

Despite the government of Algeria’s commitment to promoting a transition from a fossil-based to a mixed energy economy with about 27% share of renewable energy by 2030, there are debates regarding the current management process and state of the transition, and which approach would be the most suitable to facilitate the attainment of the country’s energy transitional objectives. This paper, therefore, examines the drivers of Algeria’s energy transformation as well as the cross-cutting issues and challenges in the transformation process and suggests a framework that would accelerate sustainable transformation based on the ideologies of systemic reasoning. Key informant interviews were held with twenty energy experts drawn from Algeria alongside a content analysis of policy and planning documents using Nvivo 12 software. It was revealed that the rate of government investment in the sector, the level of awareness on the relevance of the transition, the nature of the market, and the process of governance are among the key drivers of Algeria’s energy transition. However, this transitional drive has been plagued by the highly centralized and less systemic approach to managing the transition, unstable policies, low levels of awareness on the relevance of RE, and poor market regulation. The study recommends a set of target indicators for assessing Algeria’s energy transformation across economic sustainability, socio-political, environmental, and market dimensions to facilitate sustainable attainment of the country’s energy transformation pathway.

Khadidja Sakhraoui

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Modeling the Determinants of Rooftop Solar PV adoption among urban households in Ghana

 

This study examines through a cross-sectional survey, the determinants of rooftop Solar PV technology adoption in Ghana, from the perspectives of households to provide evidence useful for explaining their behavior, and consequently, inform policy. 
A total of 596 urban households were surveyed in three principal cities: Accra, Kumasi, and Tamale. The results were analyzed using binary and multinomial logistic regression models. Both models were taken to be significant at p<0.05. Five attributes of the households were significant across a total of six levels in predicting the likelihood of adoption: awareness of the existence of a rooftop program (coefficient=4.66); household size (coefficient=0.23); landlord tenancy status (coefficient=1.35); rent-free occupancy tenancy status (coefficient=0.83); tertiary level of education (coefficient=1.22); and electricity expenditure (coefficient=-0.0007). A statistically significant variation was observed across two main variables: awareness and tenancy statuses. 
Further comprehensive surveys are recommended to be conducted to establish causality evidence in the adoption behavior of households. Further, policy interventions should target landlords and property developers, while current efforts should be geared towards robust models for financing and awareness creation to stimulate the uptake among households.

Nathan Tetteh

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Deployment of Decentralized and Digitized Renewable Energy Systems to promote the energy transformation in the Maghreb Countries Case Study of Algeria. 

 

This research examines the potential contribution of DDRES development of a sustainable, intelligent energy system in farms (i.e., reduce energy costs, optimize energy consumption, increase the reliability of the Electricity supply, grow the share of RE in the energy mix, contribute to the creation of attractive jobs in the agricultural sector, the study aims to look at the best agriculture activities and investigate on the responsiveness of DDRES to needs of farms, the study reviews the existing policies and regulatory framework for microgrids in Algeria, proposes different scenarios to accelerate the bottom-up energy transformation, and propose a policy and regulatory framework to support Algeria in meeting its targets by 2030. 

Redha Agadi

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