New European Commission guidance has shifted the European Union’s carbon border levy for imported electricity from a largely regulatory requirement into a detailed verification process involving hourly network evidence, declarant-specific allocations and a clear separation between advisory support and...

Serbian wind and solar developers are increasingly facing a route-to-market decision that goes beyond the traditional choice between merchant exposure and long-term power purchase agreements. The key question is whether a project should primarily serve a domestic industrial customer...

Serbian industrial companies are increasingly treating renewable power purchase agreements as tools for energy security, cost management and export competitiveness. Yet the growing use of the CBAM label in electricity procurement can obscure a fundamental distinction: the location where...

A Serbian wind or solar plant may produce electricity with negligible direct operational emissions. That does not mean, however, that an EU buyer can automatically import that electricity using the plant’s own emissions value under the European Union’s Carbon...

Renewable electricity has typically been traded using a set of instruments in which the producer supplies power, the trader handles scheduling and balancing, and the buyer receives contractual volumes supported by guarantees of origin. Under the European Union’s Carbon...

Croatian transmission system operator HOPS has transferred ownership of the Serbian section of the 110 kV Nijemci-Sid cross-border interconnection to Serbia’s grid operator, EMS, for about €125,000. The deal ends a decades-old ownership arrangement that had complicated repairs and...

Serbia is facing renewed pressure on electricity procurement costs ahead of November after another coal-fired generating unit in Romania failed, adding to the prolonged shutdown of the country’s nuclear capacity and reduced hydropower production. The disruption comes as the...

Serbia has demonstrated that large-scale wind projects can be built, financed and connected to the electricity system. The next challenge is managing what happens after those turbines begin participating in the market. The inauguration of Čibuk 2 in September 2026...

Serbia’s first negative electricity prices should be viewed less as evidence of an immediate renewable oversupply problem and more as an opportunity to prepare for one before it becomes structural. SEEPEX introduced negative pricing in May 2026, replacing the previous...

Zijin Mining is planning to raise annual ore extraction at its Jama Bor mine in eastern Serbia to 18 million tonnes, through a major expansion of its underground copper mining operations. The proposal could strengthen Serbia’s role in Europe’s...

Saudi renewable-energy developer Altaaqa Renewables has secured regulatory approval for two solar-plus-storage projects in Romania, advancing a combined 63 MW of photovoltaic capacity in the Dobrogea region and adding approximately 80 MWh of battery energy storage. The Cuza Voda 1...

Croatia’s latest guarantees of origin (GO) auctions have established a fresh price reference for renewable electricity certificates, with transactions clearing between €1.55 and €2.06 per certificate. The results provide an updated benchmark for corporate buyers, electricity suppliers and other...

Southeast European day-ahead electricity prices surged on October 29, with most regional markets trading above €300/MWh as stronger demand, declining wind generation and elevated fuel costs tightened supply ahead of the evening peak. The rally highlights growing pressure on...

Romania is considering a three-month extension of emergency measures limiting fuel-price rises to curb winter diesel costs and their impact on inflation and business expenses. The Finance and Energy Ministries have drafted a resolution that would keep the framework...

Norwegian-Swedish renewable developer Emergy is progressing five wind projects in Romania with a combined planned capacity of about 720 MW. The portfolio is among the more advanced assets in the company’s regional pipeline, but construction and commissioning schedules have...

Southeast European day-ahead electricity prices surged on October 29, with most regional markets trading above €300/MWh as stronger demand, declining wind generation and elevated...

Southeast European day-ahead electricity prices surged on 28 October, with Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania and Serbia recording prices close to or above €300/MWh. Reduced...

Southeast European day-ahead electricity prices declined sharply across most markets on Tuesday, with Serbia, Greece and Hungary recording some of the largest drops. Higher...

Slovenia has opened its wholesale electricity market to competing exchange operators, giving Nord Pool and Croatia’s CROPEX the opportunity to challenge incumbent BSP SouthPool....

Southeast European electricity prices increased during 19–25 October, even as German power prices fell sharply, highlighting a growing divergence between Central European and Balkan...

Saudi renewable-energy developer Altaaqa Renewables has secured regulatory approval for two solar-plus-storage projects in Romania, advancing a combined 63 MW of photovoltaic capacity in...

Croatia’s latest guarantees of origin (GO) auctions have established a fresh price reference for renewable electricity certificates, with transactions clearing between €1.55 and €2.06...

Southeast European day-ahead electricity prices surged on October 29, with most regional markets trading above €300/MWh as stronger demand, declining wind generation and elevated...

Croatian transmission system operator HOPS has transferred ownership of the Serbian section of the 110 kV Nijemci-Sid cross-border interconnection to Serbia’s grid operator, EMS,...

Romania is considering a three-month extension of emergency measures limiting fuel-price rises to curb winter diesel costs and their impact on inflation and business...

Norwegian-Swedish renewable developer Emergy is progressing five wind projects in Romania with a combined planned capacity of about 720 MW. The portfolio is among...