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Vjosë river protected area/ Expert on "Panorama TV": It is the second largest energy asset in Albania! It had to be used, sooner or later...
Mar 21, 2023 | 21:25

Energy expert Geri Selenica speaks out against the government's decision to place the Vjosa River in protected areas. According to him, Vjosa is the second largest energy asset in Albania and this should be exploited.

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Invited to the show "Log." on "Panorama TV", Selenica stated that sooner or later, a government will use the Vjosa River for energy production.

Question: How would Vjosa be used?

Selenica: Being an economist, dealing with hydropower for many years, I can understand it from a macroeconomic point of view. The final study for the Vjosa cascade was completed in 1993 and was done by the State University of Tirana, hydrology department and was approved by the council of ministers at that time. Based on that study with 7 dams, it is a macro study from the energy point of view for the whole of Albania because Albania has the power to generate about 20 terawatt hours per year, energy potential.

The issue is with the first study, it was serious and if you look at the changes that were made in the period of so-called democracy, it is that Kalivaçi was inserted in the middle. For the reason that the Pocem hydropower plant would do the regulator, what Skavica does, because there was no space to do it above. It would protect the entire flood zone below Pocem. The Vjosa River is the number two energy asset in Albania. Talking about wild rivers seems utopia to me. Biles and the prime minister I'm sure I don't know how he threw that signature, because he made a joke there, he said Europe has tamed all the rivers while we are asked to keep them wild.

Question: Do you think the reserve should have been used?

Selenica: Definitely. It will also be used, because there are two previous decisions that this government has not implemented, and another government will come that will not implement today's decisions. The economy will always win. The Drin cascade is different from how much power a hydropower plant has, and different from how much energy volume it has. The energy volume of Vjosa, according to that study, is 2.2 terawatts. But, you must understand that the reservoir of Pocem would be 2 billion cubic meters of water. This is roughly the size of Lake Fierza. At that time, there were extraordinary studies, which we are still living with today. To underestimate the number two energy asset in Albania is myopia.

Question: How did Kalivac get into the middle?

Selenica: The same scheme as was done with Skavica. They wanted to put some small hydropower plants in the middle, because they were done faster. Economic interest entered. It should not have been done at all.



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