Edi Rama

After winning the auction, French company Voltalia landed a 15-year fixed rate deal for half of the production of the future 140 MW photovoltaic plant in Albania. The Karavasta Park…

The government expects works on the 210 MW facility to begin next year, after a tendering procedure. Skavica would preserve water upstream on the Black Drin, prevent flooding and boost…

At the country’s second auction for utility-scale photovoltaics, Voltalia offered to sell electricity for just EUR 24.89 per MWh, a regional record. Albania said it would agree to the fixed…

Albania is introducing a ban on lightweight plastic bags on July 4, in what will make it illegal to import, manufacture, use, sell, or bring such bags into the country….

Albanian government plans to float state-owned power electricity distributor OSHEE on the stock exchange by the end of this year, prime minister Edi Rama announced a meeting attended by government and…

The Albanian Ministry of Environment has recently announced that the first EUR 26 million waste-to-energy (WtE) plant in Albania has been inaugurated in the city of Elbasan. This 2.85 MW…

The World Bank is eager to help Albania address constraints and overcome challenges in making the energy sector competitive and efficient and expanding integration with neighbours, the organization’s eight executive…

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama was accused by the opposition of allegedly allowing import of 39,000 tons of toxic chemical waste, regional media have been reporting during last couple of months…

Germany and Albania signed an agreement on the second tranche of loan to finance the building of the 400 kV electric transmission line connecting Albania and Macedonia. The Albanian Minister…

Statkraft officially opened 73 MW hydropower plant Banja on Friday, September 23. It is the first of the two hydropower plants by Norwegian company in Albania being constructed as part…