In addition to the advocacy efforts included in the AEA membership, we offer tailored advocacy services to members and non-members. We can for example provide support to policymakers and community energy advocates for the development of policies that support the creation and growth of energy communities, or conduct policy analysis. We can further write guidance reports and give policy presentations, lectures and workshops.

The global energy landscape is rapidly changing, which has an impact on energy markets and energy infrastructure. Climate change and changes in the geopolitical landscape call for a radical shift to low-carbon energy sources, deployment of energy efficiency improvements and innovative decarbonisation solutions such as carbon capture and storage. Policymakers at all governance levels face the need to develop policies to push and steer the required energy transition in the right direction. Our team can develop indicators to track and evaluate progress of energy policy implementation, but also to conduct sector and value chain analyses of renewable energy technologies.

AEA is very well-acquainted with the Albanian and EU energy policy framework and has extensive experience in providing policy advice to public sector institutions.

AEA has extensive experience managing individual aspects of different energy projects.
We can also provide a full suite of services to support your project’s development in its entirety, including:

Site identification and constraints analysis
Environmental assessment management
Project feasibility assessment
Financing management
PPA procurement
Due diligence
Project commercialisation
Procurement and tendering
Stakeholder engagement.

The transition to a zero-emission energy system will require major changes in the energy transport and storage infrastructure, on all scale levels from local to supra-national. In order to achieve the transition at the lowest possible cost, sector coupling and smart energy transport and storage strategies are essential. In this context, further integration of the electricity and gas sectors are of particular interest.
Our work includes a study which assessed the impact of decarbonisation policies and replacement of fossil gas with renewable on infrastructure and on the transport system operators.

One of the most important pillars of the Albania and EU is that electricity and gas markets should function properly and be integrated at EU level. AEA is closely following this development and has relevant experience and expertise to offer high quality consulting services in this domain, e.g. impact assessments of proposed (ex-ante) or implemented (ex-post) policy measures on energy markets, identification of policies and best practices to improve energy markets’ functioning and integration, competition in the energy markets and impact of renewable energy sources on energy markets.

AEA has extensive experience and a well-established track record in the area of energy policy consulting covering work related to the governance of Albania for a wide range of Albanian stakeholders. Our work covers the design, evaluation and implementation of energy policy and regulations that aim to facilitate and promote the energy transition, including work to measure progress and assess potential impacts.
• Drafting and Reviewing of Primary and Secondary Legislation
• Preparation of regulatory reporting and compliance
• Investment planning
• Tariff methodologies; regulated tariff setting and tariffs structure
• Incentive schemes for renewable energy sources
• Regulation of energy grids