TIRANA, June 3 – The Albanian government has announced a 35-year concession of two small hydropower plants in the southeastern region of Korça. In an announcement published on the Public Procurement Agency, the energy ministry invites companies to submit bids on the Selca 2 and Mesmal HPPs until July 20.
Back in late 2013, the Socialist Party-led government cancelled tender procedures and bonuses awarded to the concession of these two HPPs by the former outgoing Democratic Party-led government in the transition period after it lost the general elections.
Since 2007, the Albanian government has awarded more than 400 concession contracts to private companies, of which only 70 have already been made operational.
The launch of the Ashta hydropower plants in late 2012 and the operation of several new smaller HPPs, has more than doubled electricity generated by private and concession HPPs in Albania, according to a report by energy regulator ERE.
