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TIRANA, Feb. 20 – The favourable hydro-situation and the launch of several new private and concession hydropower plants, including the Banja HPP by Norway’s Statkraft in late 2016, gave a boost to domestic electricity production last year, according to data published energy regulator, ERE. The wholly hydro-dependent domestic electricity generation rose by 21 percent to 7,136 GWh in 2016, meeting the overwhelming majority of the country’s needs. State-run KESH power utility, which manages the country’s three biggest hydropower plants situated in the northern Drin River cascade and produces about three-quarters of domestic electricity, saw its energy production increase by 14…
