Barriers and approaches in the development of renewable resources in rural Albania

Rural areas continue to be home for the majority of the population in Albania. The access of country potentials in renewable resources in the form of biomass, hydro, wind, and solar continues to be low in rural areas. There are technical, social, cultural, institutional and economic barriers to the deployment of renewable energy systems and, thus, to their ability to contribute to the long term development of rural clean energy. This paper aims to analyze barriers and suggests promising approaches for overcoming them toward a sustainable development within the context of rural Albania.