Wind is gaining commercial importance across Southeast Europe because its broader production profile can supply electricity beyond the midday hours increasingly dominated by solar. Projects in Serbia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina illustrate the expanding pipeline and its differing stages of development.
Serbia’s Pupin wind farm near Kovačica began operating in October. Its 95.5 MW of capacity comes from 16 turbines, and it is expected to produce around 220 GWh annually, lifting the wider Kovačica-Pupin complex toward 200 MW. Pupin also adds generation with an hourly profile different from that of Serbia’s emerging solar pipeline.
In Albania, VERBUND’s 72.6 MW Spille project has cleared the conditions for construction and received a notice to proceed. Commercial operation is targeted for the first quarter of 2028. Wind could diversify Albania’s overwhelmingly hydro-based electricity system and reduce its dependence on rainfall and reservoir conditions.
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s wind pipeline is also progressing. The 100 MW Gradina project in Tomislavgrad has advanced through environmental procedures. A separate project near Mostar received a decision, following a preliminary assessment, that a full environmental-impact study was not required. The projects reinforce western Herzegovina’s position as one of the Balkans’ strongest wind corridors.
Variable output creates trading and balancing risks. A regional wind-output drop can remove several gigawatts from the market within a day, sharply increasing imports and prices. Volatility can raise imbalance costs and makes forecasting quality important, while scarcity periods can increase the market value of storage and flexible generation.
Winter wind can reduce import needs and price premiums, but regional lulls can quickly reverse that benefit. Geographical diversification, forecasting and access to storage or balancing markets will remain important to realised wind revenues.
