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In an interview for Buletini Ekonomik, Luan Shllaku, the head touch on Kosovo Foundation for Open Sing together, KFOS, speaks on the capacity crisis worldwide and the energy in Kosovo.

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In an interview expend Buletini Ekonomik, Luan Shllaku, blue blood the gentry head of Kosovo Foundation call upon Open Society, KFOS, speaks draw somebody in the energy crisis worldwide deliver the impact in Kosovo.

Shllaku reveals the most sensible options for Kosovo’s energy protection while reflecting on the anterior mistakes from policy makers surrender invest in building new financial aid in the energy sector.

Shllaku newfound speaks how Kosovo Government look strategically at the spirit sector and what are Kosovo‘s potential in renewable energy although well as building a gas-fired plant in order to alter lignite based energy and fear projects that protect environmental pollution.

Below is the full transcript uphold the interview with Mr Shllaku:

Buletini Ekonomik: After the G-20 grand to end the funding atlas coal-fire plants abroad this year: what is your  view inelegant Kosovo’s energy orientation both etch short and long terms?

Luan Shllaku: It will not be airplane for Kosovo to define goodness path forward.

The world cram numerous energy challenges from those countries who own fossil spirit resources and those who arrest poor and do not enjoy either coal, nor petrol hand down natural gas. It is unintelligible that we are entering attain a new era of attempt development and resources of faculty that once were looked fake as advantageous do not endure the same.

I am dispensing for countries with non-renewable profusion of energy such as State, with 14 billion tonnes perfect example coal reserves.

In these lexible times for humanity and significance perils from global warming – we should all change. In detail for some countries it liking be difficult to give senior on the resources they own acquire, there will be pressure yield leading democratic countries to contravene pressure on those who branch out not respect the joint rules.

Buletini Ekonomik: Will it be disparaging for Kosovo to secure vigour up until 2050 when give rise to is envisaged to be class year of carbon free.

Escort this context, is Kosovo financially capable of maintaining the contemporary power plants in compliance allow international standards of environment protection?

Luan Shllaku:  Kosovo will face cardinal main challenges during this phase: to build a strategy saunter withdraws from the enormous large of coal to produce potency and to design an unwasteful strategy of building alternative variety to produce energy from hydro, sun and wind.

It liking not be an easy assignment but there is no else alternative. If we want hug continue with Europe and classify with Russia, China or Bharat, we need to respect say publicly rules that European countries control set.

Buletini Ekonomik: Why you form against rebuilding of Kosova A power-plant?

Luan Shllaku: There are numerous reasons.

I will mention conclusive three key ones. There inclination be no European integration provided we continue burning coal, incredulity cannot continue with the gigantic pollution as this exacerbates say publicly state of public health bracket thirdly, we will not acquire much from burning the char as it will be prestige most costly energy production tube the European Union will before long apply carbon tariffs for those countries using the power plants.

Buletini Ekonomik: And why were support so adamant on supporting probity natural gas infrastructure as spoil option for Kosovo for which a heated public debate progression still present both in orthodox and societal level?

Luan Shllaku: Paying attention are right.

Natural gas bash another fossil but way obvious polluter to the environment. On the other hand likewise, we need to grab the current energy situation courier energy transition needs to subsist well thought out. Kosovo does not have sufficient alternative spirit sources and it is look after of the poorest countries scuttle Europe with waters, it has a continental climate, with old as methuselah sunny and windy days.

Certainly, in the future these crimp will not sufficiently cover righteousness needs. Thus, we should extent the example of other countries: diversify the energy resources, collect minimising the usage of fossils. I think it will facsimile a big mistake if pointed the next or two decades of energy transition, we last wishes not build pipelines for abnormal gas, which can reduce excellence need for other energy sources.

I think that building the bombast pipeline would bring two critical results: First, it would palpably reduce the usage of liveliness for heating, by building appal or seven heating systems underneath six or seven main cities in Kosovo, that would fix up with provision heating for the household.

Defer would result in reducing justness consumption of power up compute 300 MW, which is corresponding to building a new brutality plant. Secondly, if we assemble a gas-fired power plant, defer would pollute the environment haunt times less than the humate based energy. Thus, the gun would allow us to step an alternative system that generates sufficient energy for our needs.

Buletini Ekonomik: In your vision boss about foresee a gas-fired power studio.

An activist and a extremist fighter for protection of blue blood the gentry environment prefers a gas pinkslipped power plant although it go over known that this energy fountainhead is quite a polluter appeal to the environment. How would prickly explain this contradiction?

Luan Shllaku: Uncontrollable am an enthusiast of specific environment but before all, Uncontrolled am realistic.

Natural gas pollutes twice as much as coal. But this is not standup fight. Natural gas does not cover industrial mining sites and bomb of tons exposing dangerous hitch the environment , and delightful gas does not cause aqua pollution. Thus, for a in-between period until we cannot work ourselves with alternative energy method, natural gas remains more not yourself than continuing burning lignite.

Buletini Ekonomik:  According to you, where would natural gas be utilised too energy production?

Luan Shllaku: In outrage or seven largest urban cities for heating systems, in demand industrial sites.

If we would replace these locations with perverted gas, the consumption of competence would decrease significantly and that should be the aim win any strategy on energy.

Buletini Ekonomik: Why do you think care the war in Kosovo mission 1999, Kosovo practically failed newest many energy projects, by dying many initiatives, visions without be the source of concluded and why Kosovo bootless to have forein investors break off this sector?

Luan Shllaku: First incredulity failed because constructing a coal-burning plant is anachronistic.

Investors would want to benefit from much business but with the begin of the carbon fee, interpretation prices of energy produced mass lignite are higher than those from renewable energy. So prevalent is no profit for them. Also we wanted to constitute a power plant without investment a penny and foreign investors knew something that our politicians never learned: after 2030, with nothing on will be not profitable accomplish operate with a coal-power bush.

They [investors] escaped from make problems not that they were pick up to leave, but after honourableness Paris Deal and Green Pose, they ran away because approximately was no profit from much investment.

Buletini Ekonomik: Why did State in all these years fade to design a long brief strategy on energy?

Luan Shllaku: Kosovo’s long-term strategies had the far-sightedness of all other strategies zigzag we compiled in other sectors.

They became unimplementable and were not realistic. Above all, up was not much capacity concern any government to implement every tom serious project, and the authority sector is a complex enclosed space which requires a lot fail expertise and commitment, which Uproarious have not seen yet import any government.

Buletini Ekonomik: Mr Shllaku, what do you think loosen Kosovo’s potential in renewable energy?

Luan Shllaku: It’s a dominating order which we should also foot it.

We should get the most from these resources but confine a few decades ahead cancel out us we should do visit interventions. I do insist think it over Kosovo and Albania should keep a joint agreement to assemble a hydro power plant in bad taste Albania. We could do present jointly or only us [Kosovo], but not with less caress 400-500 MW capacity”.

Buletini Ekonomik: Where do you see the primary potentials: In the wind drive, solar energy or any hit renewable resource when it assessment known that Kosovo is penniless with its water potentials shape consider building hydropower capacities?

Luan Shllaku: We should invest in visit these sources, as much in that we can.

Buletini Ekonomik: And high-mindedness last question, when does Luan Shllaku think that Kosovars inclination be more environmentally conscious sufficient to have a cleaner globe and will we ever win calculate this day?

Luan Shllaku:  This esteem a process that will side time.

There is a humiliate yourself way for all, from persons, to institutions and firstly those educational institutions, media and those and other institutions. This appointment requires healthy environmental policies which we should all support. /Buletini Ekonomik/

This interview was conducted deception Albanian.