Along southwestern Albania's coastline, the sun shines bright -- warming the 234,828 new solar panels at the Karavasta power station that will be connected to the country’s energy grid in the coming weeks. - Frogs and pelicans - But along its sun-drenched coastline, engineers say the terrain is ideal for solar parks.
In less than two years, the French-owned Voltalia company has built the largest solar-powered plant in the Western Balkans. Photo: Adnan Beci / AFPAlong southwestern Albania's coastline, the sun shines bright -- warming the 234,828 new solar panels at the Karavasta power station that will be connected to the country’s energy grid in the coming weeks.
But with regular droughts and ramshackle energy infrastructure dating back to its communist era, Albanian has struggled to keep pace with the country's break-neck development fuelled by the millions of tourists it welcomes annually. "If Albania generates surplus electricity, it will be able to export it to users in neighbouring countries such as Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia."
But before the panels were erected, the cracked earth was home to small green frogs -- known as Pelophylax Shqipericus, or Albanian frogs. Throughout the sprawling development, photos of this small frog with a fluorescent green line across its back remind workers to take care.
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