{"id":63956,"date":"2026-06-19T11:13:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=63956"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:13:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:13:55","slug":"sonelgaz-boosts-electricity-production-summer-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=63956","title":{"rendered":"Sonelgaz Boosts Electricity Production by Over 1850 MW Ahead of Summer Peak Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DZWatch understands that Algeria&#39;s national electricity and gas company, Sonelgaz, has significantly expanded its power generation capabilities by over 1850 megawatts (MW) in preparation for the anticipated surge in demand during the upcoming summer season. This strategic enhancement aims to ensure a robust and uninterrupted electricity supply across the country.<\/p>\n<h2>Algeria electricity production<\/h2>\n<p>Fatima Zahra Marzouki, Sonelgaz&#39;s Director of Communications, detailed these advancements during a presentation at an awareness workshop organized by the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energies. The workshop, held on Thursday, focused on rationalizing energy consumption within public administrations. Marzouki highlighted that the additional capacity is crucial to address the projected peak electricity demand expected this summer.<\/p>\n<p>This proactive measure underscores Sonelgaz&#39;s commitment to strengthening Algeria&#39;s energy infrastructure and reliably meeting the nation&#39;s growing power needs, particularly as temperatures rise and electricity consumption typically increases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria energy, Sonelgaz, electricity supply, power capacity, summer peak demand, energy infrastructure<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria&#8217;s Sonelgaz group has increased its electricity production capacity by over 1850 MW to meet anticipated summer peak demand, ensuring stable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}