TIRANA, April 13 /ATA/ The Parliamentary Committee on Production Activities, Trade and Environment reviewed today the draft law, “On ratification of the loan agreement between the Republic of Albania, represented by the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the Albanian Electricity Corporation KESH (Project Implementing Agency) and KFW Frankfurt am Main ( KFW), for rehabilitation of Fierza hydroelectric power station”.
Attending the meeting of the Committee, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Ilir Bejtja said that, “The loan we receive, in the amount of 40 million Euros, serves to continue investments in rehabilitation of the cascade on the river Drin, which began with HPP of Vau i Dejës and then with the repair of the turbines in Koman and now we are dealing with the aggregates in the hydroelectric power station of Fierza ”.
Bejtja emphasized that the rehabilitation is a necessary process for the cascade, which according to him, “Contributes to the increase of production efficiency of the Fierza HPP by at least 4%; reduces time and costs for maintenance of aggregates; increases the security in the supply of electricity to the country as well as the lifespan of the operation of the work with at least another 30 years”.
“The project for electro-mechanical rehabilitation of HPP Fierza is of special significance for the Albanian electricity sector and further. This is because Fierza Hydro Power Plant is the most important generating unit in our country “, said Bejtja, while informing the committee that the investment envisages the overhaul of two turbines in Fierza HPP, with an impact on increasing the efficiency of the hydro power plant”./p.s./
