Albanian Renewable Energy Association - AREA

Albanian Renewable Energy Association - AREA is the unique professional non-profit organization registered with no. 3538 dated 25.03.2013 at the District Court of Tirana, Albania. AREA represent the investors of the RES in Albania bringing together actually 53 producers of energy from hydropower plants, build by concession up to 15 MW. Investments that already rise in more than 440 MW installed for more than 500 Million Euro and the numbers are always in growing because the new enters in the energy market. AREA within its institutional framework function as promoter of the renewable energy sector, contribute to the better assess of the state of art of the renewable energy source in Albania, helping to identify the investments risk, the breaches of the regulatory framework, and the removal of market barriers, setting up policies guidelines based on EU best practices on the implementation of renewables regulatory framework on the promotion of energy from renewable sources in the Albania. In the regional context of European market of energy, beyond the above, we are committed to support and build-up a sustainable regional market through the give of our contribute on the strengthen of NRA’s role as independent authorities, the open and improve the energy markets, enforcement of dispute settlement, improve of the investment climate, involvement of the civil society in energy governance, and the expander of pan-European single energy market.