Minister to commission 386 MW plant at Hassi R'Mel on Tuesday

The energy minister will officially commission a 386 MW power plant at Hassi R'Mel, in Laghouat wilaya, on Tuesday, Algérie 360 reported.

Mourad Adjal, minister of Energy and Renewable Energies, will make the visit to Laghouat wilaya. The same day will also cover the north-south interconnection project, a 400-kilovolt (kV) grid link.

The power plant has a capacity of 386 MW. Its connection will widen the margin of the national electricity system, as electricity use keeps rising.

Ministry officials present the unit as a link that will help absorb peaks in demand.

The minister will also inspect the route of a 400 kV high-voltage line that will connect the north with the southern wilayas. Officials describe the line as the backbone of the future energy transport system.

A very high-voltage line limits losses and allows large amounts of power to move between regions. Southern wilayas could also send solar power produced in the region to the north.

Work is also under way on a 136 MW power plant at Tamanrasset, in the far south.

In May, the first solar plant of the 15,000 MW programme was commissioned at Tendla, feeding 200 MW into the grid from El M'Ghair. Biskra followed with a unit of similar power.

At the end of October, a 300 MW solar plant at Guemar, in El Oued wilaya, was connected to the grid. In total, 700 MW of renewable power has joined the national energy mix in 2026.

The ministry also presents national industry as making part of the equipment used on high and medium voltage networks, a point it often raises.