January 2017 - ESC Adriatic

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4th Annual Electricity Price Modelling and Forecasting Forum 2nd and 3rd March 2017, Berlin

Utilities all over Europe are facing challenging times, caused by low wholesale electricity prices, decreasing demand and reduced predictability due to the rise in renewable energy production. These constantly changing and volatile market conditions are especially challenging for modelers, forecasters, analysts and traders. This conference, which addresses the vital issues such as volatility modeling, regulatory changes, optimization of hedging strategies, weather-driven models, and distributed generation, and will provide the audience with the ins and outs of current challenges for electricity price modeling and forecasting, sharing the best practices currently on the market. The conference will be held on 2nd - 3rd March, 2017, Berlin, Germany. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear from representatives of top utilities of Europe including E.ON, Vattenfall, EDF, Fortum, EDP Renewables, ESB, and CEZ. Who…

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6th International Exhibition Constructions Ndërtime & 3rd Klimathermika, 7-9 April 2017, Pallati Kongreseve

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6th International Exhibition Constructions Ndërtime & 3rd Klimathermika, 7-9 April 2017, Pallati Kongreseve The exhibition continues its successful course! For the 6th year in a row, we welcome you to the established exhibitions 6th CONSTRUCTIONS NDERTIME & 3rd KLIMATHERMIKA in the most famous exhibition centre of the city of Tirana, the Pallace of Congresses, at 7-9 April 2017 the most suitable period of time for the construction industry and energy, organise even with the support of the Albanian Centre for Energy Regulation and Conservation - ACERC. Within five years of continuous competition, the organizer company has demonstrated consistency, and fully organized planning, promotion through advertising campaigns in media with functional and successful results. As every year, major manufacturers already have booked their stands as they trust the exhibition’s dynamic and…

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Albania Joins to Investments in Renewables Set Grow Across SEE by Dr Lorenc Gordani, 21th January 2017

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Renewables have long provided energy in South East Europe, whether as fuelwood for heating or hydroelectric power generation. But the region also relies on ageing conventional power infrastructures, which aims to phase out to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. Clean, sustainable power sources are needed to drive future economic growth. South East Europe, encompassing the newest European Union (EU) member states and others in the EU-led Energy Community, is committed to the deployment of renewables with binding targets. Today, it is expected that the Albanian General Assemble take in consideration and approve the new Las of Renewable Energy which recast the Law 138/2013 that have transpose in previous only for 40% the EU renewable Directive 2009/28/EC in Albania. Actually, a feed-in tariff is currently applied only to small HPPs (up to 15…

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6th International Conference and Exhibition “Solar Energy Industry of Central and Eastern Europe” CISOLAR-2017, 11-12 April 2017, in Odessa, Ukraine

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CISOLAR-2017 will become a new stage of the fast development of the emerging solar energy markets of Europe. On April 11-12, 2017, the main business event for emerging solar energy markets of Europe CISOLAR-2017 will be held in Odessa (Ukraine). CISOLAR-2017 is the 6th International Conference and Exhibition “Solar Energy Industry of Central and Eastern Europe” and will cover not only the fast growing Ukrainian pv market, but also the other promising markets of the European region, such as Balkan countries, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova. Today, Ukraine is one of the most attractive markets for solar energy industry development in Europe. According to ambitious plans of foreign and local players, next year all capacity of the Ukrainian solar energy plants will double and reach more than 1 GW. This…

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Albania Electricity Market toward the Align with EU Balance Rules Dr Lorenc Gordani

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Albanian legal framework needed for the establishment of the organised electricity market is under development. Based on the Power Sector Law, the Council of Ministers adopted in July 2016 the Market Model which paves the way towards creating the Albanian power exchange. The Market Model is forseen to be soon complemented by market rules that are being drafted by the transmission system operator. The decision to create a national electricity market by the Government of Albania is an important step for the future operation of the power sector in Albania. It is in line with the international obligations of Albania vis-à-vis the Energy Community Treaty, and the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Albania in April 2016 in Vienna as part of the “WB6 process”. The creating a Day-Ahead…

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3rd HydroTech Albania Conference and Exhibition, Tirana, Organise by Green World Conferences, on 22-23 February 2017 in Tirana International Hotel, Tirana, Albania

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3rd HydroTech Albania Conference and Exhibition, Tirana, Organise by Green World Conferences, on 22-23 February 2017 in Tirana International Hotel, Tirana, Albania Conference overview HydroTech Albania is the only event focusing on Albania’s hydro energy potential, development and investment and is organised together with the Ministry of Energy & Industry and a number of local partners. HydroTech Albania is the only hydro energy event in the country and will provide a platform to exchange information and the opportunity for both the potential and existing investors and the investment community to meet and network in a 5 star environment. It is intended to support hydro development in Albania, to increase foreign direct investment and aid further privatisation of the hydropower industry. While the event will be showcasing many technology providers it…

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Albanian BOTs worth then gold by Dr Lorenc Gordani, 05th January 2017

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Albanian BOTs worth then gold by Dr Lorenc Gordani, 05th January 2017 At the May 2013 the old concession law and regulation was replaced by Law No. 123/2013 "On Concessions and Public-Private Partnership" ("New Law on Concessions and PPP") and accompanying Regulations “For the evaluation and granting of concessions and public-private partnership” approved with DCM no. 575 dated July 10, 2013 ("New Concessions Regulation"). In attempt to harmonize with the EU Directive 2004/18/EC, the new law and regulation introduced the concept of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and the extension of rights, responsibilities of each party and risk allocation during the concession period. However, almost all the part of the concessionary contracts (above 520 SHPP) are signed along the period 2009 - 2013. Until May 2013, the construction and operation of hydropower…

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Electricity Spot Market Development in Albania Dr Lorenc Gordani

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Albanian legal framework needed for the establishment of the organised electricity market is under development. Based on the Power Sector Law, the Council of Ministers adopted in July 2016 the Market Model which paves the way towards creating the Albanian power exchange. The Market Model will be complemented by market rules that are being drafted by the transmission system operator. The Ministry is currently considering a need to amend the Power Sector Law in order to lay down legal requirements for the establishment of the power exchange. A project for the establishment of a national organised dayahead market and a local power exchange, initiated in 2015, is ongoing. It aims at the establishment of the Albanian power exchange in line with the action plan defined by the Market Model. According…