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Power plants in Albania

8 power-plant records · 1,529 MW reported capacity

  • Hydro 88%
  • Other 13%
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Albania at a glance

Power-plant records
8
Reported capacity
1,529 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
100%
Most records
Hydro, Other
Grid operator
OST
Capital
Tirana

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Koman600 MW
  2. 2Fierza500 MW
  3. 3Vau i Dijes250 MW
  4. 4Vlora98 MW
  5. 5Bistrica 127 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Albania

Wholesale marketCompetitive generation, regulated retail

Hydropower supplies almost all electricity, so imports rise in dry years. ALPEX, a power exchange shared with Kosovo, started operating in 2024.

  1. GenerationGenerators bid into a market
  2. TransmissionSystem operator dispatches
  3. DistributionRegulated distributors
  4. CustomersRegulated tariffs

Who regulates

  • EREEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

OST, owned by the state, runs transmission; OSHEE runs distribution.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Wholesale market” mean?

Power plants compete to sell electricity in a wholesale market or pool, dispatched by a system operator. Most consumers still buy from a regulated distribution company at approved tariffs.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Albania generates electricity

Electricity generated8.3 TWh
Renewable share100%
Low-carbon share100%
Carbon intensity25.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro8 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.34 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0 TWh
Other fossil0 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Albania is in Southeast Europe. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Tirana
Languages
Albanian
Region
Southeast Europe

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 8 records for Albania. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

8 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

8 lack an owner/operator; 1 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
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Browse 8 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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