A selection of infrastructural information, focussing on energy provision and water consumption.
Question | Answer | Comment |
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Available free of charge | Yes | |
Downloadable | Yes | |
Publicly available | Yes | |
Openly licenced | No | |
Up-to-date | No | |
In an open and machine-readable format | ||
location | https://www.energy.gov.dz/francais/uploads/2017/Bilans_e - Electricity consumption (country aggregates, by sector, including total consumption and total loss of energy and split into consumption by energy type, and by sector), https://www.energy.gov.dz/francais/index.php?page=bilan- - Electricity statistics from Ministry of Energy, https://www.energy.gov.dz/francais/uploads/2017/Bilans_e - Production capacity by administrative zone level 2 (but not by power plants), https://www.energy.gov.dz/francais/index.php?page=bilan- - Electricity statistics from Ministry of Energy, https://www.sda.dz/Fr/?page=article&id=173 - Electricity prices | |
Collected by government | Yes | |
findable_steps | Data found using common keywords in arabic and french. Water data are published on national statistics office, and some power indicators are available at the electricity company website. | |
characteristics | Electricity consumption, Power stations and electric capacity, Prices | |
Controlled access | Yes | |
Collector name | SONELGAZ , Ministry of Energy, National Office of Statistics, Ministère Des Ressources En Eau | Ministry of Energy provides a list of energy infrastructure projects. https://www.energy.gov.dz/francais/index.php?page=bilan-des-realisations-2 SONELGAZ seems to be the largest provider of electricity in Algeria. It is a private company, a “Societé par actions”. It operates outside of Algeria as well. https://www.sonelgaz.dz/?page=article&id=33. Ministry of Energy publishes Sonelgaz statistics. There is a national ministry for water and environment (“Ministère Des Ressources En Eau): https://www.mree.gov.dz/?lang=fr. The “Ministère Des Ressources En Eau” published a list of infrastructural programs to ensure access to drinking water: https://www.mre.gov.dz/eau/eau-potable/?lang=ar NSO indicates that it provides infrastructural data on water access points and water infrastructure (e.g. dams per municipality) |