Algeria: Desertec withdrawal embarrasses minister


Issue 423 - 24 Sep 2020 | 1 minute read

After the government surprised many observers by announcing in April that membership of the Desertec Industrial Initiative would be central to its ambitious renewable energy policy, recently appointed energy minister Abdelmadjid Attar has announced that Algeria is pulling out of the German-led scheme.

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