Infrastructural data 45% open

Algeria

What data is expected?

A selection of infrastructural information, focussing on energy provision and water consumption.

  • Electricity consumption
  • Power stations and electric capacity
  • Electricity transmission networks (geographic position)
  • Power outages
  • Prices
  • Water consumption/per capita
  • None of the above

How open is the data?

All answers

Question Answer Comment
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)

Meta data

Data 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
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   Unknown
Reviewer   Danny Lämmerhirt
Submitters   anonymous
Last modified   Thu Aug 02 2018 12:18:20 GMT+0000 (UTC)