Continued expansion of intermittent renewable energy, ESG-focused investments, the growing versatility of storage technologies to provide grid and customer services, and declining costs for key components like lithium-ion batteries all played a significant role in driving the. Continued expansion of intermittent renewable energy, ESG-focused investments, the growing versatility of storage technologies to provide grid and customer services, and declining costs for key components like lithium-ion batteries all played a significant role in driving the. Continued expansion of intermittent renewable energy, ESG-focused investments, the growing versatility of storage technologies to provide grid and customer services, and declining costs for key components like lithium-ion batteries all played a significant role in driving the investment and. Albania's energy sector in 2025 remains dominated by hydro and oil, but undergoing rapid change. Gross available energy (supply) in 2023 was 2,234 ktoe, against primary production of 1,799 ktoe. Imported oil and electricity cover the gap: the country needs roughly 4–5 TWh of net imports annually. This project is part of the International Climate I itiative (IKI). The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) supports this initiative on the basis of a decision adopted by the G Albania's electricity grid currently loses 18% of generated power during transmission - equivalent to powering 300,000 homes annually. Ensuring flexibility and capacity of the grid to absorb new intermittent renewable energy capacities, especially with the plan to further scale-up renewable energy and with the integration with EU network and electricity markets, will be critical to increase resilience of the energy sector and. Albanian state-owned power utility KESH has launched a strategic partnership with Électricité de France (EDF) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to conduct a comprehensive study and develop a national energy storage strategy, marking an important step in the modernization of Albania's.