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Fortis Energy has 3GW of renewable energy capacity in its pipeline across Europe. Image: Fortis Energy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Turkish renewable energy company Fortis Energy has is seeking EPC providers for the Ersek\u00eb Solar Power Plant in Albania, which combines 75MW of solar PV capacity with a 25MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is located in the Kolonj\u00eb region of south-east Albania, and the company is now \u201cinviting qualified suppliers and contractors\u201d to make bids to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services at the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortis has not yet provided a timeline of when it expects construction to begin, nor when it expects the project to enter commercial operation, but said that \u201cour team is already on the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ersek\u00eb project is at the most advanced stage of development among the company\u2019s nine projects in Albania, with the remaining nine projects at what Fortis describes as the \u201cearly stage\u201d of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon completion, the company\u2019s Albanian solar PV portfolio will include 462MW of capacity, and is one of several countries\u2014including Kosovo, North Macedonia and Fortis\u2019 home country\u2014where solar PV projects account for the entirety of the company\u2019s development pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The facility is also the company\u2019s only solar-plus-storage project in development outside of Italy and Serbia, the countries where Fortis has the largest development pipeline by project capacity, and across solar and wind technologies. The advancement of the Ersek\u00eb project follows Fortis\u2019 receipt of approval for a similar hybrid facility in Serbia in October<\/a>, as the company looks to invest more in co-located solar-plus-storage projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such hybrid projects have often been touted as an effective means to limit curtailment in markets where grid capacity is not often thought to be available, potentially de-risking investments. This is particularly pressing in Europe, where the continent\u2019s grid infrastructure has long been a bottleneck for new power generation development; earlier this month, the European Commission proposed a new grids package<\/a> to improve connection infrastructure across the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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