Algeria generates more than 99 percent of its electricity from natural gas, and its entire wind fleet, on IRENA statistics cited by Ecofin Agency, is one 10 MW farm near Adrar. On 30 September Sonelgaz asked the world to build two more, 100 MW each, in Laghouat and Djelfa.
The reported terms say more than the megawatts do. Bids close on 25 November, eight weeks after launch. Foreign firms can bid alone or in consortium. Algerian firms must partner with a foreign one. The scope runs from study and engineering through civil works, supply, assembly and commissioning, with grid connection included.
Two things stand out. First, 200 MW is a third of the 601 MW of renewables Algeria had installed at the end of 2025, per IRENA figures cited by Ecofin Agency. One tender moves the national total. Second, the coverage I found mentions no power purchase agreement, which suggests a build contract rather than a developer-financed IPP. That is my reading, not a confirmed structure.
My prediction: the partnership rule will decide this field before the turbine price does. With eight weeks on the clock, bidders who already have an Algerian partner start ahead, and everyone else negotiates while they price.
In Algeria, the hardest page of the bid may be the partnership agreement.
Will 25 November draw a real field, or only the consortia that formed before the notice landed?
