Launch of Vlore thermal power plant delayed to mid-February for tests

TIRANA, Feb 10ؓtart-up of Albania’s $112-million Vlore thermal power plant has been postponed to mid-February due to final testing.
The project agreed in 2004 was financed by a loan of $25 million from the World Bank ‘s International Development Association; $37.5 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; $37.5 million from the European Investment Bank; and $12.6 million from KESH, the Albanian Power Corporation.
The 97MW plant is oil-fuelled and located on a six-hectare site about six kilometers north of Vlore. Fuel will be brought to the unit through the La Petrolifera Italo-Rumena oil and gas terminal.
Some 90% of Albania’s electricity production comes from hydropower plants, whose output is variable, depending on weather conditions.