Albania dims lights as drought, price spike spark energy crisis
Albania dims lights as drought, price spike spark energy crisis
But like other European countries, Albania has faced a crisis since last year when prices rose by up to five times. PRISTINA, March 21 (Reuters) - Albania has ordered all cities to turn off lights in public buildings and on streets when necessary as it tackles an energy crisis caused by drought and power price spikes.
路透普里什蒂纳3月21日电-阿尔巴尼亚已下令所有城市在必要时关闭公共建筑和街道上的灯，以应对干旱和电价飙升造成的能源危机。
The country's state power utility KESH on Sunday halted 11 of 13 electricity turbines at hydropower plants as the scarcity of water forced Albania to import most of its electricity.
该国国家电力公司Kesh周日暂停了水电站13台涡轮机中的11台，原因是缺水迫使阿尔巴尼亚大部分电力进口。
Albania is trying to diversify its energy production by issuing permits to wind and solar companies in order to end its total dependence on hydro. The country of 2.8 million people has no installed electricity generation from fossil fuel.
阿尔巴尼亚正试图通过向风能和太阳能公司发放许可证来实现能源生产的多元化，以结束其对水电的完全依赖。这个拥有280万人口的国家没有安装化石燃料发电。
But like other European countries, Albania has faced a crisis since last year when prices rose by up to five times.
但与其他欧洲国家一样，阿尔巴尼亚自去年以来一直面临着一场危机，当时物价上涨了五倍。
All Albania's domestic electricity generation depends on hydro power and lack of rainfall in recent months and overuse of its water reserves have worsened an already bad situation.
阿尔巴尼亚所有的国内发电都依赖水力发电，近几个月来降雨不足，过度使用水储备使本已糟糕的情况雪上加霜。
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has further increased energy prices and the Albanian government in Tirana said that prices may go up to 1,000 euros per MWh.
俄罗斯入侵乌克兰进一步推高了能源价格，地拉那的阿尔巴尼亚政府表示，价格可能会涨至每兆瓦时1000欧元。
"There will be no rain in the next two weeks and things are only getting worse, that's why we have to rely on imports," Energy Minister Belinda Balluku said on Sunday.
能源部长贝琳达·巴鲁库周日表示：“未来两周不会有降雨，情况只会越来越糟，这就是我们不得不依赖进口的原因。”
"From today, imports will be higher than domestic production and at this moment we have only two generators that are working at the Drin river cascade," Balluku said in a video message.
巴鲁库在视频中说：“从今天起，进口将高于国内产量，目前我们只有两台发电机在德林河梯级运行。”
KESH said that water reserves in its three water basins on the Drin were only 315 GWh, against 1230 GWh last year.
Kesh表示，其位于DRIN上的三个流域的水资源储量仅为315GWh，而去年为1230GWh。
A similar situation is reported at other smaller private hydropower plants, which account for around 40% of production.
据报道，其他规模较小的私营水电站也出现了类似的情况，它们的发电量约占总发电量的40%。
Albania has refused to raise prices for households and is covering the cost of importing power from the state budget.
阿尔巴尼亚拒绝提高家庭电价，并从国家预算中支付进口电力的成本。
The government has said it will have to inject around 550 million euros ($607 million) in 2022 to cover imported power, but some experts say that may reach up to one billion euros. ($1 = 0.9063 euros)
政府表示，2022年将不得不注入约5.5亿欧元(6.07亿美元)，以满足进口电力的需求，但一些专家表示，这一数字可能高达10亿欧元。(1美元=0.9063欧元)
(Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; Editing by Alexander Smith)
(Fatos Bytyci报道；Alexander Smith编辑)
