A couple of weeks ago, Director of IN-VR, Chryssa Tsouraki published an article on Albania’s importance to the Balkans region that went viral: “Albania is far too important for Europe’s energy security to be ignored or even underestimated. Some quick facts about Albania to familiarise yourselves: – Patos Marinza: The largest oil field in Europe, operated by Bankers […]
An Dutch company with offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is the winner of the concession for the construction of the incinerator landfill and rehabilitation of landfills in Tirana. The Ministry of Environment that was also the contracting authority for this concession procedure announced that Integrated Energy B.V offered 128 million euros by announcing the valid offer […]
The Electricity Transmission System Operator of Macedonia AD MEPSO published tenders inviting proposals for goods and services for its project to rehabilitate and modernize its nation-wide power transmission grid along with a power system control project. The total investment in the projects is estimated to stand at EUR 40.5 million. The money to finance the […]
The Turkish company Guris Holding has announced the construction of new wind power plants in Kosovo and the Ukraine, the Turkish press reported. The reports said that the company plans to build the plant in Ukraine outside the city of Odessa but do not specify the exact location of the site of the power plant […]
Albania has to import around 80 percent of electricity to cover consumption due to the exceptionally dry period and high temperatures, according to the media. The Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) has signed a contract to import 434,000 MWh of electricity in order to secure power for the month of August. The contract is worth EUR […]
The Albanian energy regulator ERE has set a regulated tariff for PV projects with a capacity of up to 2 MW and wind power projects not larger than 3 MW. The ERE has established that the regulated tariff for solar for 2017 will be €100 ($117.8)/MWh, while that for wind power will be €76/MWh. According […]
There is an increasing interest of Albanian enterprises for building photovoltaic parks throughout the country. Solar energy has received a lot of attention as the government decided to target energy production from alternative sources in order to reduce Albania’s dependence on hydropower, which currently accounts for almost 100% of its production. The Ministry of Energy […]
SOFIA (Bulgaria), – EU candidate Macedonia and Bulgaria signed on Tuesday a friendship treaty that paves the way for closer cooperation in energy and transport between the two Balkan neighbours. The treaty for good neighbourly relations was signed in Skopje, Macedonia by Macedonian prime minister Zoran Zaev and his Bulgarian counterpart, Boyko Borissov, according to […]
Italian gas infrastructure company Snam and Albania’s gas infrastructure operator Albgaz have recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop collaboration opportunities, said a message published on the Snam website July 31. The MoU is aimed at supporting the start and development of an infrastructure system that will be managed by the Albanian company. […]
The Energy Community Secretariat has published service prior information notices regarding two upcoming tender procedures under WB6 electricity market integration initiative which are to be launched at the end of August or beginning of September 2017. The tenders will be launched for technical assistance in the implementation of the Western Balkan six day-ahead market coupling […]