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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
1-2 Hydropower in the Arab Countries
Many Arab countries are using hydropower for electricity
generation, like Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Sudan, Syria, and others.
Statistics
i
show that consumption of hydroelectricity was 0.2 terra
watt hour (TWh) in Algeria in 2010, it increased to 0.4 TWh in 2011.
Hydroelectricity consumption increased by 5.8% in Egypt from 12.9
TWh in 2010, to 13.7 TWh in 2011. Morocco said hydroelectricity
fulfilled 33% of the country
’
s electricity consumption in 2010, which
is about 8,691 GWh
ii
.
i
BP, Statistical Review of World Energy, 2012.
ii
Morocco strategy in the field of renewable energy, Office National de l’Electricité et de
l’Eau Potable, 4
th
conference of Arab Union of Electricity, Doha, Qatar, January 2013.
Figure C
The distribution of Installed hydropower capacity in some Countries in 2010
%
