Albania import electricity due to drought, Balkan Green Energy News, 26th June 2017
Albania launches procedure for electricity import due to drought, Balkan Green Energy News, June 26, 2017 Albania has launched import procedure for 285,000 MW of electricity for over one month period. The procedure was launched to overcome domestic production’s shortages provoked by the drought. Albania’s Energy Power Distribution Operator (OSHEE) announced on June 23 that it had launched import procedures for 285,000 MW of electricity for the period from June 28 to July 31. As a reason it has stated “the loss of domestic output due to drought”, adding that around 53 percent of domestic power consumption will be covered by the imported electricity. The rest will be supplied by the domestic output. According the Albanian Power Corporation’s data, the water level at the Fierza dam on the river Drin…