KESH starts the year with energy purchases - 3 tender procedures are carried out, the bill is estimated at around 11 million euros
The year 2025 has started with the purchase of energy for the Albanian Electric Power Corporation, which has so far conducted 3 tender procedures to meet consumer needs until January 26. According to data published by KESH, a total of 70,800 mWh of energy have been purchased, at an average price of around 157.7 euros/mWh. Meanwhile, according to calculations, expenses in the first month of the year amount to around 11 million euros.
This situation is different from last year, given that no procedure for purchasing energy was carried out until June, as the needs were met by the production of the Drini Cascade hydropower plants. According to preliminary calculations, the bill for purchasing energy throughout 2024 amounted to about 72 million euros.
These data highlight once again the dependence that our country has on weather conditions in terms of electricity generation. This, taking into account that about 94% of it is produced from water sources, while only 6% comes from photovoltaic plants. KESH has stated that there are several projects in progress, aimed at building solar power plants, which would diversify the portfolio of the public generation company, but so far only Qyrsaqi is in production, with an installed capacity of 5.14 mWp.
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