TIRANA (Albania), March 4 (SeeNews) - Albania will open an international tender for the construction of a hydropower plant this month, the Energy Ministry said.
The Ashta hydropower plant will be built over the River Drin, some four kilometres southeast of the Shkoder lake. It is designed to have 70 MW installed capacity and produce between 250 GWh and 270 GWh of energy annually, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
Currently there are three main hydropower plants built over the River Drin – Vau I Dejes, Koman and Fierze, which is Albania’s largest electricity producer.
In January Prime Minister Sali Berisha said the new plant will be constructed under a long-term public-private partnership.
Eleven companies out of 12 which applied were selected to participate further in the expected international tender after a pre-qualification contest in February, the statement said.
Construction of the hydropower plant is part of a government programme for the development of new power generation facilities in a country where energy crises caused by ailing power units are common. Hydropower plants across Albania generate more than 95% of the country's electricity output.
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