International / Algeria

Tebboune: Algeria and Germany to soon launch green hydrogen corridor

Abbas Mimouni

July 16, 2026 • Updated: July 16, 2026

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– Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune: For the first time, our German friends are addressing energy, especially gas, to supply their country.

– German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: We attach great importance to expanding cooperation in the energy sector, especially through the Southern Hydrogen Corridor and the existing partnership between us and Algeria in cooperation with Italy.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced Thursday that his country and Germany will soon launch the Southern Green Hydrogen Corridor project to supply Germany with this clean energy.

This came during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the conclusion of their talks in Berlin, on the second day of the Algerian president's visit to Germany.

Tebboune said that Algeria and Germany are working to strengthen economic, security, and political relations, and that they will witness "soon the launch of the Southern Green Hydrogen Corridor project," without specifying a date.

He noted the development of economic cooperation between the two countries.

The Algerian president added: "For the first time, our German friends are addressing energy, especially gas, to supply Germany, and we are a reliable supplier that does not shirk its duties in the Mediterranean and with European countries in general."

The green hydrogen corridor is a massive energy project starting from Algeria and passing through Tunisia, Italy, and Austria to reach Germany over a distance of 3,300 kilometers.

The project is currently under study, after Algeria, Germany, and Italy signed a letter of intent regarding it in January 2025.

Regarding the investment aspect, President Tebboune explained that the presence of German companies in Algeria "increases almost annually."

He pointed out that the "one-stop shop" system established by Algeria to facilitate foreign investment currently records German projects worth approximately $900 million.

The "one-stop shop" is the single office at the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency, which receives all national and foreign investment files and serves as a unified arrangement for all procedures to facilitate and expedite file processing and responses.

Regarding security cooperation between the two countries, the Algerian president said the two sides addressed this file "in detail" during the talks.

He continued that "there are no matters worth mentioning, and everything is fine with the friendly Federal Republic of Germany."

Regarding priority sectors in economic cooperation between the two countries, Tebboune said that Algerian-German relations "since our independence in 1962 to this day have been strong and cordial, with no conflict arising, and everything is fine, and we are moving from good to better."

He stated that his country has "developed" and is moving towards new fields, especially scientific areas.

Tebboune referred to the specialized pharmaceutical industry sector, which recently saw the start of construction of an institute for gene therapy.

He noted that Germany is "very advanced" in this field, and Algeria seeks to invest its friendship relations with it for the benefit of both peoples.

Tebboune considered his country's cooperation with Germany "among the best forms of cooperation in Algeria."

For his part, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his country is "very interested" in economic relations with Algeria and wants to "open a new chapter" in these relations.

Scholz added that his talks with President Tebboune covered mining, automotive industry, investment, and armament, in addition to energy cooperation.

He affirmed that Germany attaches great importance to expanding cooperation in the energy sector, "especially through the Southern Hydrogen Corridor and the existing partnership between us and Algeria in cooperation with Italy."

Scholz added that Germany and Italy have launched this project in partnership with Algeria.

He stressed that work on it "will move forward in the coming months" because it is "important for both countries and we want to work on it sustainably."