New Algerian minister could stymie renewables
Solar panels in Sidi Fredj, Algeria. The country’s new energy minister may pull back on renewables development. (PA)
Algeria’s selection of Noureddine Boutarfa as its new energy minister may lead to domestic reforms and a scaling back of the country’s renewable energy aspirations, a move that would likely benefit the country’s gas sector.
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika named Boutarfa as the new energy minister on Saturday as part of a cabinet shakeup in which he also appointed a new finance minister.