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to the lack of data, however opinions and views
gathered during research showed that most of the
resources have already been developed.
Although hydropower in Morocco is hindered by
climatic disadvantages, potential for micro and mini
small hydropower is prominent in the country.
Sudan, despite its volatile history, has experienced
higher interest in the energy sector after the
introduction of the year 2000 Energy Laws.
Tunisia greatly relies on its natural gas reserve as
well as imports from neighbouring country Algeria,
thus, it has not invested in hydropower, except for
its northern area. Significant potential for small
hydropower is available in the country and the
Government is motivated to promote the use of
hydropower, however, efforts are obscured by a
lack of awareness and incentives.
The total known installed small hydropower capacity in
North Africa based on the information that was
available is around 115 MW. The potential of small
hydropower was estimated to be approximately 184
MW. The statistics have been underestimated, due to
the lack of information.
Morocco, followed by Tunisia, has the most amount of
installed small hydropower (according to the 10 MW
definitions), while Algeria’s installed capacity is
unknown (table 3).
Table 3
Small hydropower up to 10 MW in Northern Africa
(Megawatt)
Country Potential Installed capacity
Algeria at least 35 35
Egypt 32 7
Morocco 54 37
Sudan 34 7
Tunisia at least 29 29
Total 184 115
Sources: see country reports and references therein.
Notes: The small hydropower gross potential has been reported as
river potential for Egypt (68.2 MW) and Tunisia (37.1 MW), however it
is not clear what kind of small hydropower classification was applied. 10
In general, due to the climate and the little-known
resource potential of small hydropower in the region,
small hydropower development will probably continue
to develop slowly. Only Morocco and Sudan have some
more feasible sites that could be developed and only
Tunisia encourages the use of small hydropower plants
as part of its national promotion programme for
renewable energy. 11
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