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On 15 May 2020, the Albanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Power Sector Law of 2015. The amendments tackle a number of issues in relation to Albania’s compliance with the electricity acquis. The amendments address partially the…

The Institute of Statistics has published the electricity balance for 2019. Referring to the data, it results that there was a decrease of energy production by almost 40% from the hydropower plants in the country, which is reflected in the…

The World Economic Forum has analyzed 115 different countries of the world regarding the performance of energy systems but also the readiness to move towards a safer, more sustainable and affordable energy system. Albania is one of the…

Final statistics confirmed that electricity production almost doubled over the previous year. According to the Institute of Statistics, this output amounted to 8600 GWh (gigabytes). Compared to 2017, electricity production increased by 89%,…

After Malta and Turkey, Albania is the third country in Europe to increase electricity consumption in 2017. This is said by the European Agency’s most recent official statistics. According to these data, energy consumption in our country…

Albanian exports towards Spain have doubled in value during the first six months of this year. Compared to the same period last year, there has been a significant increase from 6.5 billion lek to 12.6 billion ALL. INSTAT data shows…

In Albania, electricity prices are higher than in countries such as Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and a significant proportion of European Union countries. The data published by Eurostat shows that energy prices in…

TAP AG consortium has stated that around 95 percent of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) route has been cleared in Albania and Greece. “About 725 kilometers out of 765 kilometers-long TAP route in Greece and Albania have now been cleared…

The government wants to change the loan agreement for Albania-Kosovo 400 kilovolt transmission line, aiming to postpone the disbursement deadline by KfW until 30 December 2018. The purpose of this extension is the realization of a…

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) started the rehabilitation of another 4.5 km road segment connecting Bilisht with Vishocica in Albania, TAP AG consortium said. The road will enable farmers in this region to reach the markets of Bilisht…