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July 22, 2014
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Renewable Energy and Climate Change

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 and economic development requires assured and affordable access to the energy resources necessary to provide essential and sustainable energy services. This may mean the application of different strategies at different stages of economic development. To be environmentally benign, energy services must be provided with low environmental impacts, including GHG emissions.

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July 21, 2014
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Sustainable Energy for Albania

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 crisis. One of the main challenges of the Albanian energy sector is the diversification of the energy sources and the fulfillment of the needs by own country resources, decreasing the import dependence.

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July 20, 2014
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In-Depth Review of the Energy Efficiency Policy of ALBANIA

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 appropriate, assist each other in developing and implementing energy efficiency policies, laws and regulations (Art.3). In fulfilling its commitments under PEEREA, Albania has presented a Regular Review of its energy efficiency policies in 2007. The current in-depth energy efficiency review is the first for the country.

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July 20, 2014
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Kosovo Household Energy Consumption Facts & Figures

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 around. In summer 2010 the homes in the capital city Prishtina were surveyed (2,370 homes) and in summer 2012 the homes in the other six major cities (2,966 homes). Data collection also took place in the mountain villages of Kosovo (150 homes).

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July 20, 2014
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Analysis of mutual exchanges of business assets in the energy sector.

Information contained in this work has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. However, neither the Energy Charter Secretariat nor its authors guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information published herein, and neither the Energy Charter Secretariat nor its authors shall be responsible for any losses or damages arising from the use of this information or from any errors or omissions therein. This work is published with the understanding that the Energy Charter Secretariat and its authors are supplying the information, but are not attempting to render legal or other professional services.

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