{"id":68318,"date":"2026-08-17T10:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=68318"},"modified":"2026-08-17T10:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:02:51","slug":"dzw-f740d58ca4e93f2301740826ee7e679c6c3d36ff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=68318","title":{"rendered":"Regional Energy Provider: Algeria Meets 10% of Tunisia&#8217;s Electricity Demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electricity purchases, primarily from Algeria, covered 10% of Tunisia&#39;s local market needs during the first half of the current year. This contribution highlights Algeria&#39;s significant role as a regional energy provider, supporting a neighboring country&#39;s energy requirements.<\/p>\n<p>According to a bulletin from Tunisia&#39;s Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Mines, national electricity production in Tunisia reached 9550 GWh by the end of June 2026, marking a 5% increase from the same period in the previous year. Production specifically for the local market saw a 4% rise.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these increases in domestic generation, the reliance on external supplies, largely from Algeria, demonstrates the ongoing energy cooperation between the two nations. This partnership ensures stability in energy supply for Tunisia&#39;s expanding demand, with state-owned Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Tunisienne de l&#39;Electricit\u00e9 et du Gaz (STEG) maintaining 91% of Tunisia&#39;s national electricity production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria supplied 10% of Tunisia&#8217;s local electricity market needs in the first half of the current year, underscoring its role as a key energy provider in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68317,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68318","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=68318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}