
Albania
ALBAlbania runs one of the cleanest grids in the world.
100% of its electricity is low-carbon, first of 201.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Among the cleanest electricity anywhere.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Albania buys in more electricity than it sends out.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Also true of Albania
Albania runs almost entirely on hydro.
96% of its electricity comes from one source.
Albania generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
54% of grids in Europe draw more than a tenth of their power from gas.
Albania generates no wind electricity at all, in a region built on it.
49% of grids in Europe draw more than a tenth of their power from wind.
Albania’s neighbours
North MacedoniaSolar overtook hydro on North Macedonia's grid in 2025.
MontenegroHydro overtook coal on Montenegro's grid in 2023.
GreeceSolar overtook wind on Greece's grid in 2025.
SerbiaSerbia gets next to none of its electricity from solar, in a region built on it.
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Albania. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.