Albania
Energy Community receives complaint against Albania over Kalivac, Pocem hydropower plants
27 February 2019 - EcoAlbania, Riverwatch and EuroNatur have sent a complaint to the Energy Community (EnC) against the...
Albania freezes new hydropower projects on environmental concerns
05 February 2019 - Albanian Energy and Infrastructure Minister Belinda Balluku has said she will freeze work on new...
KESH gets new CEO as sacking continues in Albanian state-owned power sector
30 January 2019 - Former chief of the Albanian Development Fund (ADF) Benet Beci has been appointed as new...
New energy minister assumes office, OST general manager resigns
23 January 2019 - Belinda Balluku, niece of a former high-level communist politician, is the new minister of infrastructure and...
KESH adopts climate risk management plan
27 December 2018 - Albania’s state-owned power utility KESH, whose production is almost entirely dependent on hydropower plants (HPP),...
Norway’s Statkraft seeks to build floating solar power plant in Albania
20 December 2018 - Norway’s state-owned Statkraft, the world’s largest hydropower company and Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy,...
KESH files request to build floating solar power plant
10 December 2018 - Albania’s state-owned power utility KESH has submitted a request to the Ministry of Infrastructure and...
Albania’s power generation quadruples in Q3
23 November 2018 - Albania’s net domestic production of electricity in the third quarter of 2018 almost quadrupled, reaching...
Albania, Kosovo* to jointly build 200 MW hydropower plant
13 November 2018 - Albania and Kosovo* will jointly build a 200 MW hydropower plant (HPP) in the area...
Consortium led by India Power Corporation wins bid to build 100 MW solar power plant
13 November 2018 - The Albanian Energy and Infrastructure Ministry has selected a consortium led by India Power Corporation...
Lending under EBRD’s GEFF approved to first bank in Albania to on-lend for energy efficiency projects
08 November 2018 - Albania’s Union Bank will on-lend a EUR 6 million loan it has secured from the...
Albania bans imports of cars over 10 years old, not meeting Euro 5 emission standard from 2019
05 November 2018 - The Albanian government has adopted a decision banning imports of cars older than 10 years...
Energy Community mediates dispute between state, HPP Energji Ashta
26 September 2018 - The Energy Community Secretariat’s Dispute Resolution and Negotiation Centre has organized the first meetings with...
Ministry receives six bids for solar project from US, EU companies
20 September 2018 - Albania’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has received six bids from international companies for building...
Tirana shortlisted for 2018 Transformative Action Award
17 September 2018 - Albania’s City of Tirana is among three shortlisted candidates for the 2018 Transformative Action Award,...
UNECE calls on Albania to tackle dumpsites, look beyond hydropower
13 September 2018 - The third Environmental Performance Review of Albania undertaken by the United Nations Economic Commission for...