TIRANA, Dec 1 /ATA/ – Water inflows into the main dams on the Drin River cascade significantly increased after rains that swept Albania in the last few days, the Albanian Power Corporation (KESH) said on Sunday.
KESH said that the water level at Fierza hydropower plant increased to 265 metres above the sea level, 31 meters below its 296- meter maximum quota.
The Power Corporation said in a release that the power generated by two other hydropower plants on Drin River cascade meets a part of the domestic demand, whereas the rest of electricity is imported.
With the state-owned utility Kesh’s power plants increasing electricity generation in the last few days, the utility selling part of the power in the wholesale market.
The situation on Drin cascade is constantly improving due to recent rainfall. KESH also said that electricity generated by the photovoltaic parks has increased to 124.800 megawatt, significantly up from 26.160 megawatt in the second quarter of the previous year.
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