ing Albanian Workers' Party. The program is being carried out by the
prevailing method of mass mobilization for voluntary work.
Installed capacity in 1969 was reported to be 210,000 kilowatts, of
which 128,000 kilowatts were in thermal powerplants and 82,000 kilowatts
in hydroelectric power stations. This capacity reflected a fourfold
increase since 1960, a large part of which was accounted for by a single
thermal plant of 100,000-kilowatt capacity put into operation in late
1969. The country's hydroelectric power potential has been estimated by
Albanian technicians as roughly 3 billion kilowatt-hours per year, half
of which is represented by the Drin River. Development of this
potential has barely begun. The first major plant on the Drin with a
capacity of 225,000 kilowatts is scheduled for completion at Vau i Dejes
in 1971, and a second station on that river with a capacity of 400,000
kilowatts is to be built at Fierze during the Fifth Five-Year Plan
(1971-75).
_Table 12. Industrial Production in Albania, 1960 and 1964-69_
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Commodity Units 1960 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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Electric power million
kilowatt-hours 194 288 322 433 589 712 n.a.
Crude oil thousand
metric tons 728 764 822 887 984 1,137 1,310
Petroleum
products do. 369 476 509 590 692 n.a. n.a.
Coal do. 291 292 331 393 434 491 n.a.
Chrome ore do. 289 307 311 302 327 369 n.a.
Copper ore do. 82 145 219 228 267 304 326
Blister copper do. 1 2 4 5 5 n.a. n.a.
Iron-nickel
ore do. 255 351 395 395 403 440 n.a.
Cement do. 73 127 134 139 221 n.a. n.a.
Bricks million units 130 121 112 106 139 n.a. n.a.
Ginned cotton thousand metric
tons 7 9 8 9 9 n.a. n.a.
Textiles million yards 28 33 33 37 44 n.a. n.a.
Cotton do. 27 31 ... ... ... n.a. n.a.
Knitwear million units 1 2 2 3 3 n.a. n.a.
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