The Albanian Energy Regulator (ERE) has made suggestions to the Ministry of Economy and Energy on how feed-in tariffs for RES should be determined. The approval of the developed methodology is foreseen until the end of July 2011.

ERE is in favour of the construction of small hydropower plants through private investment, since public financial resources to develop small HPP are insufficient. Engagement of private sector investment (domestic and international) is therefore one of the key opportunities for exploiting hydropower. This requires an attractive investment environment. The private sector has long shown great interest in construction of small hydropower plants. A considerable number of requests / proposals have already been approved and already 110 concessions have been processed since May 2007.

ERE suggests in setting feed-in tariffs of generating electricity for each SHPP, for each respective group (1-2,000 kW, 2,001-5,000 kW, and 5,001-15,000 kW). The final consultation rounds are currently under way.

Source: www.enercee.net