At a time when the entire study for the implementation of a regional gas pipeline, part of which is also Albania, Montenegro and our country have turned their eyes to the EU to receive funding.
The Ionian Adriatic project costs 618 million Euros and aims at the distribution of natural gas coming from Shah Deniz areas through TAP and the Balkan countries. All the way to pass this pipeline is 511 kilometers, where Albania and Montenegro have to invest 288 million euros.
The IAP project has encountered serious technical barriers. One of the barriers is the criterion, which requires the support of the project By not less than two countries from the European Union, “said Minister of Energy, Damian Gjiknuri.
But all this cost, will be converted to lower consumer prices, and less dependency on Europe from Russian gas.
The regional pipeline will have a capacity of 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year, while Albania is working to make an extension in this project in order to benefit Kosovo as well. Tv Klan
