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The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy of Albania received four applications for solar power projects with a combined capacity of 235 MW. A proposed unit in Fier, the country’s photovoltaics hub, would be the second-biggest in the country. Solar power accounts for 6% of electricity production in Albania.
A proposed unit in Fier, the country’s photovoltaics hub, would be the second-biggest in the country. Solar power accounts for 6% of electricity production in Albania. More than half of the photovoltaic output is from the Karavasta facility, the biggest of its kind in the Western Balkans. It has 140 MW in peak capacity.
The company laid the cornerstone late last year for the 100 MW solar power system in the west of Albania. The site is near the port city of Durrës. One other PV plant is planned for expansion to 100 MW. Now another project of the same size is racing for the position of the country’s second-largest photovoltaic facility.
French company Voltalia broke ground on the Spitalla solar park in Albania of 100 MW. It scheduled the commissioning of the facility for 2027. Following the completion a year ago of Karavasta, the largest photovoltaic plant in Albania, Voltalia started the construction of Spitalla.
The solar park just north of the port city of Durrës will generate electricity equivalent to the annual needs of 150,000 inhabitants. The two projects won 15-year contracts for difference (CfDs) at the first successful solar power auctions in Albania. Spitalla, of 100 MW in peak capacity, gets EUR 29.89 per MWh for electricity delivered from 70 MW.
Voltalia has started doing business in Albania in 2018 with the unsuccessful participation in the first solar tender organized by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy of the Republic of Albania (“MIE”). Despite this result, Voltalia has demonstrate great interest in the construction of 2.5 MW FiT-solar PV projects.
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