Albania
Interconnection with Kosovo* comes online
28 June 2016 - Albania inaugurated a EUR 70 million power transmission line of 400 kV, linking the country...
Workshop on Albania’s hydroelectric potential held in Tirana
04 June 2016 - Under the auspices of the Albanian Ministry of Energy and Industry and the Embassy of...
Balkan Rivers Tour leads protests against Vjosa hydro plants
20 May 2016 - International environmental activists and domestic citizens gathered in Tirana in front of the office of...
Applications open for Energy Community Summer School
18 January 2016 - The application process is underway for the first Energy Community Summer School. The multidisciplinary training...
Energy efficiency bill presented to stakeholders
06 October 2015 - The Kuvendi, parliament of Albania, continued the procedure for the adoption of the new legislation...
Auditors query power distribution operator’s data
15 September 2015 - A group of independent auditors hired by Albania’s electricity distribution network operator Oshee sh. a....
Energy ministry starts Albania’s first wind park project in Kurbin
26 June 2015 - The Government of Albania announced the installation of the country’s first wind power plant in...
Statkraft seeks afforestation services provider
22 June 2015 - Devoll Hydropower Sh. A. (DHP), Albanian company ultimately owned by the Norwegian company Statkraft AS,...
Germany inks EUR 40 million loan for energy sector
18 June 2015 - The Government of Albania reached a loan agreement with the German government for a project...
Government cancels contracts for 30 hydro plants
24 April 2015 - Licenses for the construction and use of 30 power plants throughout Albania were cancelled by...
Interconnection underway between Macedonia and Albania
17 April 2015 - The construction of a 400 kV Bitola-Elbasan interconnection transmission line tops the list of priority...
Gjiknuri-Pagano: Reform in energy sector on right track
27 March 2015 - After getting acquainted with the measures and steps taken in electricity sector reform, World Bank...
Albania’s energy consumption continued to rise sharply in 2014
24 March 2015 - Albania’s consumption of electricity, the leading source of energy, continued to rise sharply in 2014 and,...
Albania Italy cable potentially more profitable than Montenegrin project
23 March 2015 - Albania is trying to position itself as the export route for cheap Balkan hydro power...
Ahmetaj: In 10-15 years, Albania won’t need power imports
18 March 2015 - On the second day of Albania Oil, Gas and Energy 2015 Summit in Tirana, minister...
Hydropower plant production licences for two companies
16 March 2015 - Albania’s energy regulator said it had awarded an electricity production licence to local company Ayen...