Kalivaci deadlines expired
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The National Agency of Natural Resources (NANR) has a report on the work
progress of the first Hydropower plant given through a concession in
Albania, the Kalivaci HPP.
The document dated 12 June 2012, sent to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy, concludes that the Italian “Becheti” has not realized most of the works, while the HPP should had started working by now.
But the most concerning problem about this project is the fact that the company doesn’t own an implementation project signed by the planner, as the conditions obliged them, and no date is decided for the starting of the works.
The concessionary company has not filed the act that signs the date when the works have started, but the maximal deadline for them to hand over the document is 30 days after the permit is given.
NANR emphasizes that the Italian company has sent a document showing that the site observation have ended on 2 February 2008. The document is signed by a topographer, the construction site director and the Gjirokaster Urban Director, but not by the supervisor of the works.
NANR says that they have inspected the site several times, and have noted the several problems that were seen. They asked the Italian company to provide the respective documentation, but they have received no answer.
At this point it was up to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy to explain the Kalivac situation. These conclusions were made public after the news report broadcast on Top Channel, showing that all deadlines for the construction of the HPP had expired, although the negotiations for the agreement were held three times.
The German investor Deutsche Bank has withdrawn in the third time, because they had no more interests in renewable energies, according to a representative of Becheti.
Becheti and Enel, a renowned Italian energy company, had been seeing each other in long trials for interrupting the agreement for the Kalivaci concession. Another Albanian subcontractor had sued the Italian company, claiming that they were not paid for the work.
Becheti declared that the news was not true, incomplete and far from the reality. Top Channel tried to speak with the leaders of the company, but they refused to answer.
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