All societies require energy services to meet basic human needs (e.g., lighting, cooking, space comfort, mobility, communication) and to serve productive processes. The quality of energy is important to the development process (Cleveland et al., 1984; Brookes, 2000; Kaufmann, 2004). For development to be sustainable, delivery of energy services needs to be secure and have low environmental impacts. Sustainable social […]
The actual energy system in Albania is currently based completely at the hydroenergy. There are enormous doubts on its sustainability, as there are limited generation capacities towards the growing demand. On the other side it is limited with a considerable number of technical and non technical problems related to the net work loss and leading to a multi-year energy […]
Albania has ratified the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and the Protocol on Energy Efficiency and Related Environmental Aspects (PEEREA) in 1997. By ratifying PEEREA, countries commit themselves to formulate and implement policies for improving energy efficiency and reducing the negative environmental effects of the energy cycle (Art.5). The aim of PEEREA is that contracting parties shall co-operate and, as […]
From 2010 to 2013 the American University in Kosovo (AUK) conducted household energy consumption survey work. AUK student teams were employed and funding was provided by the World Bank, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). A substantial dataset has been collected for many urban and some rural homes […]
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Israel, Lebanon and Cyprus have managed to alter the strategic calculations over Europe’s future energy security, following the confirmation of the hydrocarbon reserves under the southeast Mediterranean seabed. With concerns over developments in the Middle East and Russia, European governments and big oil companies are more than keen to explore new energy sources. Greece has […]
A debate has been triggered in Albania over the pending agreement over the sea borders with Greece and the search for oil that the Greek side has started in the Ionian Sea. Albanian media published a map claiming that it was published by the ministry of Energy of Greece, which suggested tenders for oil exploration even […]
TAP issues contract notice for supply and installation of gas turbine compressors in Greece and Albania Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is continuing its pre-qualification of potential suppliers for the construction of the 870km-long high pressure natural gas pipeline with its associated infrastructure across Greece, Albania, and Adriatic Sea with landfall in Southern Italy. This week […]
BEIJING – China is three years behind schedule on a plan that would make it the world’s biggest market for offshore wind, a setback for the $15 billion industry that’s seeking to produce affordable electricity from the one of nature’s most reliable energy sources. China set out an ambitious plan in 2011 to build 5,000 megawatts of offshore […]
