Today, also hydrocarbon producing countries need to get started on ‘energy transition’, which implies investing in de-carbonisation processes, enhancing energy efficiency and increasing the pcontribution of renewable sources to the energy mix.
To this end, the Italian Embassy in Algeria, in conjuction with the International Affairs Institute (IAI), promoted a seminar in Algiers on 11 November which was attended by approximately 100 representatives of institutions and enterprises, focusing on the future of energy seen not only as a challenge but as an oppportunity, in terms of wealth and job creation.
The seminar’s agenda featured several institutional presenters, including the representatives of MedReg (the Association of the Mediterranean Energy Regulators), Med-TSO (the Association of the Mediterranean Transmission Systems Operators), of the Italian Regulators of Energy Networks and Environment (ARERA), of the Algerian Commission of Electricity and Gas Regulators (CREG) and the Algerian Authority for Energy Efficiency Promotion (APRUE).
Representatives of Ansaldo Energia, ANEV (Associazione Nazionale Energia del Vento, gathering 90 Italian enterprises active in wind energy), Nuovo Pignone / Baker Hughes and Sonelgaz (Algerian public company responsible for the distribution of power and gas) attended the session dedicated to the role of industry.