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Niçë is an operating hydroelectric installation on the Velçan stream in south-eastern Albania. The concession company MP-HEC holds the generation licence, and the plant connects to the distribution network through Lozhan substation.In OperationAlbania

At a Glance

Other capacity

2.3 MW

Owners

Energy Albania Group sh.p.k. +1 more

Operator

Data coming soon

Country

Albania

Location

40.768°, 20.569°

Website

Data coming soon

Ownership

3 records

Share	Role	Details	Period
Unknown	Indirect Parent	The April 2024 company extract identifies Energy Albania Group as the sole shareholder of MP-HEC. This is ownership of the project company.	Current / not dated
Unknown	Project Company	MP-HEC is the licensed concession company for the Niçë hydroelectric installation.	Current / not dated
Unknown	Operator	MP-HEC is the licensed electricity producer recorded against Niçë in ERE’s production register.	Current / not dated

Organisations

14 records

Organisations recorded as working on this asset or its project, and their role.

Organisation	Role	Details
	Historical preliminary investor and loan counterpartyFinance Insurance Legal	Entered a preliminary share-purchase agreement and associated loan in March 2015, then withdrew from the proposed acquisition in June 2015. The resulting financial dispute was considered by Albanian courts.
	Original concession participantHistorical Development Context	The 2 February 2009 Niçë concession was concluded with the temporary consortium of DEVY and ZYFI, the former name of KEFA.
	Electricity generation licensing authorityRegulatory Permitting	Granted and subsequently amended the Niçë generation licence, including the September 2025 removal of earlier document-submission conditions.
	Shareholder of the project-company parentDevelopment And Asset Management	The April 2024 Albanian company records identify ETRA S.r.l. as a 50% shareholder of Energy Albania Group, the parent of MP-HEC.
	Shareholder of the project-company parentDevelopment And Asset Management	The April 2024 Albanian company records identify Ghiggia Ingegneria d’Impianti S.r.l. as a 50% shareholder of Energy Albania Group, the parent of MP-HEC.
	Original concession participantHistorical Development Context	The 2 February 2009 Niçë concession was concluded with the temporary consortium of DEVY and ZYFI, the former name of KEFA.
	Original concession contracting authorityConcession And Project Tracking	The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy was the contracting authority for the Niçë BOT concession signed on 2 February 2009.
	Improved project-design approval authorityConsenting And Permitting	ERE’s 2019 licence decision records the ministry’s approval of the improved implementation design and subsequent documentation requirements.
MP-HEC sh.p.k	Operator	Not set
	Licensed hydroelectric concession companyProject Company And Development	Holds the Niçë generation licence and operates the hydroelectric installation under the concession framework.
	Municipal land-use lessorLease Award And Site Control	ERE’s licence documentation records a municipal forest and pasture land-use lease signed on 12 December 2016 for the Niçë project.
	Municipal land-use lessorLease Award And Site Control	ERE’s licence documentation records a municipal forest and pasture land-use lease signed on 28 September 2017 for the Niçë project.
	Historical distribution-connection approvalGrid Connection	Issued the October 2017 approval for connection through the 35/6 kV busbars at Lozhan substation.
	Historical water-use authorisation issuerConsenting And Permitting	Issued water-use authorisation VI/5 on 17 February 2010 for the original Niçë design on the Velçan stream.

Capacity history

Recorded project capacity figures. Future-dated changes are shown but are not used as current capacity.

Effective	Capacity type	Capacity	Source
24 Oct 2017	Other capacity	2.3 MW	ERE — historical OSHEE grid-connection approval of 24 October 2017

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