Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku announced that 900 of these applications have been approved, so far.

“Expert groups are reviewing each application coming from every corner of the country and so far 900 of them have been approved,” she said.

According to Balluku, the applications are still ongoing.

Applications were opened on February 24 and 2,000 families will benefit from this call.

Installing solar panels for water heating directly affects the reduction of electricity bills for families by 20-30%.

Winners of the first call cannot apply again for the same apartment/energy contract.

Since 2019, the Albanian Government has been pursuing a national strategy on diversification of renewable energy sources. /j.p/p.s./

After the success of the first call, where 1,981 families across the country have solar panels for water heating installed in their homes today, subsidized at 70% by the state budget, work has already begun on the second call, a measure that directly affects the reduction of electricity bills for families that have installed this system.

In the Farka area of ​​Tirana, where she visited one of the families that benefited from the first call, Deputy PM Balluku explained that the second call has started with the opening of applications for the interested businesses that provide this service. Upon completion of this phase, starting on February 24, the applications will be open for the citizens.

“All the business that wish to provide services, installation and solar panels for the households must start applying on the Energy Efficiency Agency website. And then the second phase begins, on February 24, all family subscribers who wish to be equipped with these solar panels, which are subsidized 70% by the funds created by the Energy Efficiency Agency, can start their application, considering that 2000 units are available to be used in this second package”, explained Balluku.

The minister added further that the diversification of renewable sources is a national strategy, which the Albanian government has been pursuing since 2019, but what we are asking for, Balluku added, is the involvement of all citizens in this strategy which will lead our country towards a secure future in the energy sector, turning Albania into a net energy exporting country by 2030. /a.f/r.e/p.s./

Prime Minister Edi Rama gave the news while responding in the social media to a question whether the citizens who would individually install solar panels on their roofs, whether in buildings or in apartment blocks, could have any facilities.

The head of government emphasized that our country is the first in the region in terms of self-production of solar energy.

“Yes, of course, there is and that is why we are today the first in the region for self-production of solar energy by families and businesses. We produce 196 megawatts, four times that of Serbia and more than ten times the amount of Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

The announcement of the second support package for solar panels for family homes will soon be made and it will undoubtedly be a success, because the same like with the first package, there was a great interest and as a matter of fact all the financing was used 100%”, said Rama.

Rama also underlined that Albanian citizens know how to make the difference between the party that works and is useful for them from those who undo what is done. The head of government highlighted that the price of electricity has been reduced by 10.5% while adding that within a few years the country will gain full energy independence.

“Real Albanian life is not the life of social networks nor of those who, even when the price of energy decreases by 10.5% like nowhere else, get frustrated at what we call a historic achievement. The real life is the life of extraordinary efforts to move forward. Such has been this effort to transform Albania in a decade from a financial black hole in the energy sector in the middle of Europe, into a country that in a few years gains full energy independence, raising the flag of energy sovereignty and covering 100% the needs with domestic production, becoming a net energy exporting country”, said Rama.

Rama added that, “The real reason why I and the Socialist Party win, is not that the people are stupid, but that the people have more clarity and are fairer in evaluating work and giving everyone their due”. /a.f/r.e/p.s./

The Political Leader of the Socialist Party in Elbasan Damian Gjiknuri published in the social media a video of the schools in which there have been installed photovoltaic panels.

In these schools, energy consumption is covered by renewable energy, while there has been set up a budget for their maintenance.

Gjinkuri stated that there are 7 schools in Elbasan that produce electricity through photovoltaic panels, reducing 54,000 kilograms of C02 in the environment and saving money.

Money saved from electricity goes directly to investments in educational infrastructure and laboratories./p.s./

Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj said that work is underway to install the photovoltaic panels in the “Gustav Meyer” and “Gjergj Canco” schools.

“Thanks to OSFA. Thanks to this cooperation, the energy independence of schools will increase, strengthening the efforts against climate change”, wrote Mayor Veliaj in the social media.

In addition to the construction of new schools, the municipality of Tirana has been working throughout the summer on the rehabilitation of existing educational institutions, so that everything will be ready this September for the start of the new school year. /k.s/p.s./

Mayor Erion Veliaj posted in the social media photos of the “Bajram Curri” school, which is 1 of the 6 schools in Tirana where work has started on the installation of the photovoltaic panels.

“Thanks to “Sunny School”, we increase the energy independence of schools by strengthening efforts against climate change”, wrote Veliaj.

Albania is increasingly seen as an attractive country for the construction of photovoltaic plants for the production of energy from renewable sources. /p.s./

Prime Minister Edi Rama said today that the solar panel project is making progress at a good pace to support mainly family consumers.

“Beginning from November 1, there has started application process of citizens for this scheme, the cost of which will be subsidized to the extent of 70% by the Government”, said Rama.

“We give the guarantee that we will continue to support and protect the Albanian consumer in this situation of global energy crisis”, said Rama in a post on social networks, which invited citizens to apply at the address http://eficenca.gov.al

Beginning from November 1, citizens can apply to receive a 70% subsidy for the installation of solar heating panels. The scheme to encourage the use of solar panels for heating water by household customers aims to reduce electricity consumption and improve the supply of hot sanitary water and reduce CO2 emissions.

This is the second call for applications. It is addressed to household customers interested in receiving the installation service of solar panels for heating water. Up to 2 thousand household customers will be selected to benefit from this support scheme./p.s./

Prime Minister Edi Rama said today that during the first week of November, there were made 851 applications by families interested in this scheme.

In just 24 hours, there were registered 136 applications for the project of solar panels for heating water at home.

The prime minister guaranteed that the government will continue to support and protect the Albanian consumer in this global energy crisis situation.

Beginning from November 1, the citizens can apply to receive a 70% subsidy for the installation of solar heating panels. The scheme to encourage the use of solar panels for heating water by household customers aims to reduce electricity consumption and improve the supply of hot sanitary water and reduce CO2 emissions.

This is the second call for applications, which is addressed to household customers interested in receiving the installation service of solar panels for heating water for up to 2 thousand household customers, who will be selected to benefit from this support scheme. /m.m/r.e/p.s./

According to the ministry, the citizens should follow three steps after applying online to the Energy Efficiency Agency.

The citizen who will be declared the winner, after receiving the confirmation by e-mail and having passed the “Approved” status on the www.eficenca.al portal, must within 7 (seven) days select only one of the subjects published on the official website www. .eficenca.gov.al .

The selected entity must verify the possibility of installing the panel in the citizen’s house declared winner.

In the second step, when the installation of the panel is considered possible, the citizen declared winner must pay the first invoice in the amount of 30% of the offer (with VAT) of the selected entity.

After the citizen makes the payment, the entity must proceed with the installation of the panel within 15 working days.

While in the third step, after the installation, the citizen must sign a statement that the subject will present to him, that the panel has been installed according to the required conditions and then he will wait for the Energy Task Force to verify the installation.

In order to benefit from the scheme, one of the criteria is that the applicant family must not have any obligations towards the Universal Service Provider, so it is necessary to obtain the Debt Verification which is made possible through the application on the e-Albania government portal as well as at the client care counters.

Based on the large flow of requests in E-Albania for obtaining “certificates of debit”, the Universal Service Provider appealed yesterday to family subscribers to apply at the Customer Care offices in the districts.

Universal Service Provider’s regional directorates, through 100 Customer Care offices located throughout the country, have the opportunity to respond in time to requests for issuing debit evidence, but also in cases where it will be necessary to update the data in the contract of electricity supply./p.s./

Balluku provided details through a press release of the process and steps to be followed for the program.

“In addition to all the other measures we have taken to save energy and to face an emergency energy situation, we have decided to undertake a series of other initiatives that are most necessary today than ever. We have discussed with all the experts and according to all the analyses and data, it turns out that 20% of the monthly consumption in the bill of each family subscriber belongs to the consumption that comes from water heating”, she said.

For this reason, Balluku said that the government is taking a first step that will help citizens to reduce consumption.

“To start this new process we have decided to go through several stages to create transparency and be fair to everyone, both solar panel providers and applicants. This is only a first step of this program that starts with 2 thousand families, but on the other hand this is only the first step for this end of the year, based on the progress of the program”, she added.

Balluku said that it is intended to reach a target of over 20,000 family subscribers who will be equipped with solar panels for water heating.

“The government will subsidize every family with 70% of the price. This process will be led by the Energy Efficiency Agency, a new agency that has been established in recent years, which should implement all new policies in the energy field beginning from the diversification of energy sources”, she said.

Balluku said that on October 1 to 18, there will be held the competition between the interested entities to offer solar energy production panels for water heating and their installation.

Meanwhile, Balluku explained that starting from November 1, citizens can apply to the program./r.e/p.s./