The construction of a power transmissionline linking Albania to Kosovo is
expected to be complete by the spring of 2016, Albania's energy minister Damian
Gjiknuri said.
The 400 kilovolt (kV) line will be funded with proceeds of
loans from German development bank KfW, Gjiknuri said, as quoted in a statement
on the website of the energy ministry on Saturday.
In December 2013,
Kosovo and Albania signed a contract for the construction of the power
transmissionline.
In the same month, Croatian power transmission
equipment maker Dalekovod [ZSE:DLKV-R-A] signed with Kosovo's state-owned power
transmission system operator KOSTT a 30.7 million euro ($38.3 million) deal for
the construction of a 90 kilometre stretch of the line, from the capital
Pristina to the border with Albania, and Bosnian engineering firm Energoinvest
was awarded a 29 million euro contract by the Albanian power transmission
operator OST for construction of the Albanian part of the line.