Moglicë Extension Pumped-Storage HPP
Statkraft is developing a large-scale Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plant in Albania. Moglice Extension Pumped-Storage HPP is a part of the Devoll Hydropower Project Concession.
Moglice Extension Pumped-Storage HPP “PS Moglice Extension”
Statkraft’s Moglice HPP is the largest private hydropower plant in Albania with an installed capacity of 197 MW. Moglice HPP has a large reservoir of approx. 380 million m3 with a potential to develop a large-scale Pumped-Storage Hydropower Plant as an extension to the existing reservoir – the PS Moglice Extension.
The Pumped-Storage plant is one plant in the Statkraft’s Concession Agreement with the Government of Albania, where two plants (Banja and Moglice) are constructed and in operation since 2016 & 2020 in the Devoll river.
PS Moglice Extension comprises the construction of an underground powerhouse, tunnels, dams, and an upper reservoir of approx. 20 million m3, while utilizing the existing Moglice Reservoir as the lower one. The planned installed capacity is up to 1620 MW (1200 MW +/- 35%), with an estimated energy storage capacity of approx. 28 GWh.
The feasibility study for the project is expected to be concluded in 2025, allowing for an assessment for the investment decision. In case of a positive investment decision by Statkraft, the construction of the project will commence, with commercial operations planned earliest in 2030.
This project development is closely linked to the future development of the energy market, the renewable targets and growth in Albania and the region, as well as the regional transmission system development.
Enabling the green transition
PS Moglice Extension can be a green energy storage solution that provides balancing energy in a market where the energy generation is expected to have a large share of intermittent renewable sources like solar and wind. The plant can also improve security of supply by delivering ancillary services and be an accelerator of the green transition in Albania and the region by enabling new renewables to come to the market.
ESIA in PS Moglicë Extension project
About Devoll Hydropower Sh.A.
Devoll Hydropower Sh.A. (DHP) is an Albanian registered company, part of the Norwegian Statkraft Group. In line with a Concession Agreement, DHP is responsible for the implementation and operation of the Devoll Hydropower Project along the Devoll River, in southeast Albania. The Concession Agreement is based on a BOOT model and was signed with the Government of Albania on 19.12.2008, approved by the Albanian Parliament through the Law no. 10083, dated 23.02.2009, amended.