Since last year, there is more electricity generation capacity in private ownership in Albania than in the system under state-controlled utility KESH. Growth in the solar power segment is the biggest factor for the switch. Its share of capacity has reached 10%. Government-owned KESH in Albania lost its monopoly in electricity production in 2007 with […]
Albania’s state-owned power company, KESH, and France’s development agency, Agence Française de Développement (AFD), have signed a memorandum of understanding on the Drin river cascade management and advanced energy storage planning. Albania’s three biggest hydropower plants, with a combined capacity of 1.35 GW, are located on the Drin (Drim) river. The Drin cascade consists of […]
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 […]
Shqipërisë do t’i duhet të shpenzojë të paktën 50 milionë euro të tjera për të blerë energji elektrike nga importi gjatë dy muajve të ardhshëm. Korporata Elektroenergjetike Shqiptare dhe Operatori i Shpërndarjes kanë bërë bilancin e situatës energjetike në vend, duke listuar dhe skenarët për muajt në vijim. Sipas tyre, vendi është i detyruar të […]