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Indian-led consortium to build first major solar plant in Albania

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Nov. 12 – Albania has selected an Asian consortium led by India Power Corporation Ltd to build the country’s first major solar power plant in a bid to diversify current wholly hydro-dependent domestic electricity generation that often puts the country’s public finances in trouble in cases of prolonged droughts. The country’s energy ministry says the 100 MW solar plant will be a private investment of €70 million in return for government commitment to buy electricity at a fixed price for a capacity of 50 MW for 15 years and allow investors to freely trade the remaining…

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  • The project would also mark the first investment by India, Asia’s third largest economy at a time when Asian investment in the country has received a significant boost with China’s 2016 acquisition of two major assets such as Albania’s sole international airport and the country’s largest oil producer

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