Hydropower in Albania

NATIONAL AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES

HYDROENERGYHYDROENERGY ININ ALBANIAALBANIA

October 2009 ALBANIA

Population: 3 . 6 million Area: 28 000 km2 Capital: Tirana HYDROGRAPHIC AREA

 Albania is located in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula.  The hydrographic territory of Albania has a surface of 44,000 km2 or 57% more than the national area of Albania  The average height of the hydrographic territory of Albania is very large, about 700 m above sea level  The average perennial total inflow of Albanian rivers is about 1,245 m3/s  All Albanian rivers running to the sea about 40 billion water cubic meter/year HYDRO RESERVES IN ALBANIA

MONTENEGRO

KOSOVO DRINI

MATI

River Length Catchment Average E 2 3 S km area km flow. m /s ISHMI

C I MACEDONIA Buna 41 5.187 320 ERZENI T A

I SHKUMBINI R Drini 285 14.173 352 D

Mati 115 2.441 103 SEMANI Ishmi 74 673 20,9 Erzeni 109 760 18,1 VJOSA Shkumbini 181 2.441 61,5 JO N IA Semani 281 5.649 95,7 N

S GREECE E Vjosa 272 6.706 195 A PHASES OF ELECTRICITY DEVELOPMENT IN ALBANIA

 During the years 1945-1951, it was produced in average 10 KWH per resident.  In 1952, was put in operation the Hydropower Plant (HPP) of Selita, with installed power 5 MW.  In January 1958, was put in operation the HPP of Ulza, with installed power 25 MW.  In 1970, were put in operation HPP of Shkopeti, HPP of Bistrica I and HPP Bistrica II, with installed power 51.5 MW.  In 1971-1978, were put in operation HPP of Vau i Dejës and Fierza, 750 MW.  In 1985, was put in operation HPP of Koman, 600 MW. ALBANIAN HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL

 Actual situation 6 big HPP in operation: 1421.5 MW 37 small HPP in operation: 34.5 MW

 Main generation base Cascade on Drini river: 1350 MW Cascade on Mati river: 49 MW Cascade on Bistrica river: 27.5 MW

 Possibilities for water potentials utilization Theoretical potential energy: 4500 MW Exploited potential: 1461 MW CURRENT SITUATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPEMENT DRINI RIVER

 Drini river derives from Ohri lake of Macedonia running to Adriatic Sea  Hydropower potential : 1750 MW  On Drini river are actually constructed : − Vau i Dejes HPP, with installed capacity: 250 MW Vau i Dejes HPP, with installed capacity: 250 MW VAU I DEJES HPP − Fierza HPP, with installed capacity: 500 MW − Komani HPP, with installed capacity: 600 MW  Project-proposals under the concession issue procedure: − Skavica HPP, with installed capacity 350 MW. It is an unsolicited proposal of TGK & Kinglor consortium. FIERZA HPP This is actually under tender proces. − Ashta HPP, with installed capacity 48.2 MW, is under construction from the Austrian Verbund Company.

KOMAN HPP CURRENT SITUATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPEMENT

MATI RIVER

 Mati river derives from Burreli and Peshkopia areas running to the Adriatic sea.  Hydropower potential: 112 MW  On Mati river, actually, are constructed: − Ulza HPP, with installed capacity 25 MW − Shkopeti HPP, with installed capacity 24 MW CURRENT SITUATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPEMENT DEVOLLI RIVER

 Devolli river derives from Devolli and Korca areas running to Adriatic Sea after SEMANI its bundling with Osum river. DEVOLL  Hydropower potential: 350 OSUM MW  Project-proposals under the concession issue procedure: It is signed the concession contract of HPP’s cascade on Devolli river with Austrian EVN AG Company. CURRENT SITUATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPEMENT

OSUMI RIVER

 Osumi river is the main branch of Semani river. Its total length is 161 km. The water-accumulation surface is SEMANI 2150 sq km and 828 m above the sea level. DEVOLL  Project-proposals under the OSUM concession issue procedure: It is prepared the technical and economic feasibility study of projects for HPP’s construction on Osumi river, which will be notified from the Albanian Government as solicited proposals. CURRENT SITUATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPEMENT VJOSA RIVER

 Vjosa River derives from Pindi mountains of Greece.  Hydropower potential: ≅ 400 MW

 On Vjosa river actually is VJOSA constructed Kalivaçi HPP, with installed capacity 90 MW, that has obtained the concession by BEG- Energy Company and Deutch- Bank.  Project-proposals under the concession issue procedure: It’s prepared the technical and economic feasibility study of projects for HPP’s construction on Vjosa river, which will be notified from the Albanian Government as solicited proposals. CURRENT SITUATION OF HYDROPOWER SECTOR DEVELOPEMENT

BISTRICA RIVER

 Bistrica River derives from Delvina (Saranda), south-east of Albania running to Jonian Sea  On Bistrica river actually are constructed: − Bistrica 1 HPP, with installed capacity 20 MW − Bistrica 2 HPP, with installed capacity 5 MW SMALL HYDRO POWER PLANTS IN ALBANIA

 There were 90 SHPPs in Albania constructed before the year 1990, with installed capacity from 20 kW to 9200 Kw. Till now are put in operation only 37 SHPP.

 The average long life of SHPP is about 30 years. ACTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS OF SHPP

46% 36% With Concession Private State 18%

32 HPP, with installed capacity 24.4 MW have obtained the concessionary contract. 16 HPP, with installed capacity 2 MW are owned by private companies 21 HPP, with installed capacity 10.9 MW are owned by state. ACTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS OF SHPP

SHPP with Concession 81%

State SHPP 19% working 95% out of working

Private SHPP 5% working out of working 44% 56%

working out of working ALBANIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK

 Law No. 9663 dated on 18/12/2006 “On concessions”;  Ministers Council Decision No.27, dated on 19/1/2007 “On approval of rules for evaluation and concession procedures”, changed with MCD No. 87 dated on 16.01.2008  Ministers Council Decision No.150, dated on 22/03/2007 “For the organization and function of Concession’s Treated Agency” (ATRAKO).  Minister decision No.536, dated on 27/07/2007 “On regulations approval for the administration of the documents and requests for concessionary agreements and “Bonus evaluation criteria”  Law No.8987, dated on 24.12.2002 “On facilitating conditions establishment for new power generation resources construction”  Law No.7970, dated on 20.07.1995 “On Arrangement of Electricity Sector”, changed with Law No.9072, dated on 22.05.2003 changed recently with the Law No. 9913, dated on 05.05.2008 “ For some adding and changes in Law No. 9072 … ”  Law No. 7764, dated on 02.11.1993 “On foreign investments”  Law No 8093 dated on 21.03.1996 “On water reserves” IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW “ON CONCESSIONS” IN HYDROPOWER SECTOR

 160 unsolicited proposals

 83 concessionary contracts approved by Ministers Council Decision, with total installed capacity 980,6 MW and power generation of 3805 GWh/year, including contracts of Ashta HPP and HPP’s cascade on Devolli river. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

Marjana Çoku HYDROPOWER DEPARTMENT

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