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Project Information

2.1 Project Description

The modernization and expansion of the transmission network in Albania is
a continuous objective. Within the context of a German Financial
Cooperation with Albania and the Energy Efficiency Sector Program -
Electricity Transmission, the Operatori I Sistemit të Transmetimit (OST
sh.a) will use funds provided by KfW towards financing the implementation
of the project Double Circuit OHL Tirana 2 - Rrashbull and 110 kV Tirana
Ring.

The objective of the project is to increase the transmission capacity in

Albania - in particular in the urban hinterland of Tirana and Rrashbull - and
to enhance the security and quality of energy supplies in the Albanian
transmission system. The project will ensure the redundancy (n-1 criteria) of
the transmission system Tirana Ring, the Tirana region, Rrashbull and Fier
in the future. By this, the security of energy supply will be enhanced and the
vulnerability during extreme weather conditions will be reduced.

Under the overall project, two components are foreseen to be implemented,

the overhead transmission line Tirana 2 - Rrashbull and the 110 kV Tirana
Ring.

The Project life time shall be 40 years.

The above mentioned components will be addressed in two (2) different

lots, as explained in the following paragraphs. The present Project regards
Lot 1 - Substations. The transmission lines- related parts are within the
scope of Lot 2, potentially tendered and constructed in parallel.

2.1.1 Lot 1 - Substations

New 400/110/20 kV Tirana 3 substation
• 400 kV switchyard
• 110 kV switchyard
• two (2) 400/110/20 kV 150 MVA power transformers
• MV and LV cabling
• Civil works including substation building
• MV switchgear and AC/DC auxiliaries
• SCMS, telecommunication, control and protection, metering systems
• earthing and lightning protection systems
• small power and lighting systems.

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