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Medgaz and the new Mediterranean gas map
As Europe rewired its gas supply after 2022, a pipeline under the Alboran Sea quietly became one of the continent's most strategic arteries.
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In Salah · now2,000+ kWh/m²·yr
Gas to Europe · 2023~34 bcm
Green hydrogen · ~2030SoutH2
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Pipelines, hydrogen corridors, LNG terminals and solar fields between the Sahara and southern Europe.
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Corridor status
Operator & IEA figures
- Medgaz10.5 bcm/yactive · 2011
- Transmed (Enrico Mattei)~32 bcm/yactive · 1983
- Maghreb–Europe (GME)13.5 bcm/yhalted · 1996 · halted 2021
- GALSI~8 bcm/yproposed · proposed 2003 · revived talks 2022–
- SoutH2 Corridor~4 Mt H₂/y (target)planned · EU PCI listed 2024 · target ~2030
Saharan solar · now
- In Salah··· W/m² GHI—
- Béchar··· W/m² GHI—
- Hassi R'Mel··· W/m² GHI—
- Adrar··· W/m² GHI—
Open-Meteo · updates ~15 min
- ~34 bcm
- Algerian pipeline gas to Europe
- ~49 bcm
- Total Algerian gas exports (pipeline + LNG)
- 2,000+ kWh/m²/y
- Solar irradiation, Algerian Sahara
- 3.2 GW
- Solar PV tendered by Sonelgaz
IEA / operator data · 2023
IEA, Energy Ministry statements · 2023
Global Solar Atlas (World Bank/Solargis) · GHI, long-term
Sonelgaz tenders (Solar 1000 + 2 GW) · 2023–24
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Ramdane Belamri is a journalist and analyst focused on energy, geopolitics, sustainability and Euro-African cooperation. With more than twenty-five years across print, television and digital media, he combines newsroom experience with academic research — holding a PhD in Media & Communication Sciences and pursuing further doctoral work in Europe.
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