Beyond LNG: Berlin’s red-carpet diplomacy signals a bigger bet on Algeria
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune speaks during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, July 16, 2026 [Nadja Wohlleben/Reuters]Behind that sits the Trans-Saharan pipeline, a line stretching approximately 4,000km (2,500 miles) and intended to carry up to 30 billion cubic metres (1.“On the Algerian side, the expectation is that Germany now sends clear signals that green hydrogen produced in Algeria will actually be bought,” Oliver Blank, managing director of the German-Algerian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Algiers, told ARD.
The pipeline would carry hydrogen produced in Algeria, the corridor’s main production hub, through neighbouring Tunisia and across the Mediterranean to Italy, Austria and Germany, with initial work under way on the Algerian and Tunisian sections.
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