Albania outdoor mobile energy storage power supply

Masdar and state-owned power utility KESH signed a joint venture term sheet agreement to explore the development of gigawatt-scale projects in Albania. The renewable electricity plants, potentially with storage, would supply power to the country and its neighbors.

Albania is a net importer of electricity; power supply security is a challenge. Albania's domestic generation is almost entirely dependent on hydropower since the country's only thermal power plant is currently inoperable.

Albania's domestic generation is almost entirely dependent on hydropower since the country's only thermal power plant is currently inoperable. The total installed generation capacity has increased over the last few years because of new private investments in hydro power plants and more recently in small solar farms.

Namely, the capacities are insufficient to cover Albania's consumption and increasingly frequent droughts are boosting the need for emergency power imports. So far only the photovoltaic segment has shown solid growth. Albania hosts the largest solar power plant in the Western Balkans – Karavasta.

Chief Executive Officer Bruno Papaj said the firm signed a memorandum of understanding with an Indian investor on the construction of Albania's first lithium ion battery plant. The facility is planned to come online within two years, with 100 MW in annual capacity.

The company signed a joint venture term sheet agreement with Albania's state-owned power utility KESH. They said the aim is to explore the deployment of gigawatt-scale projects in the country. The joint venture would focus on photovoltaics and wind power as well as green hybrid power units, potentially with battery energy storage systems (BESS).