2030–2035 scenario annex: Gas...

Scenario one: High volatility, tight LNG markets In a scenario characterised by global LNG...

What the European gas...

The European natural gas market has moved decisively away from its pre-2020 equilibrium....

Policy without borders: How...

Electricity market coupling is often discussed in technical or commercial terms, but its...

Fragmented convergence: Why Southeast...

For much of the past decade, the dominant assumption shaping policy and market...
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Serbia strengthens power grid amid growing focus on European energy resilience

In light of recent large-scale blackouts affecting multiple European countries, including incidents in the Balkans and on the Iberian Peninsula, Serbia is stepping up...

North Macedonia issues first renewable energy certificates to ESM

North Macedonia has reached a significant milestone in its energy transition, as the national market operator MEMO issued the country’s first Guarantees of Origin...

North Macedonia: ESM plans new coal mine amid energy transition challenges

North Macedonia’s state-owned power company ESM plans to open a new coal mine in Zivojno, near the Greek border. The Ministry of Environment and...

Azerbaijan and North Macedonia discuss strengthening gas supply cooperation and infrastructure investments

Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov and North Macedonia’s Minister of Energy, Mining, and Mineral Resources, Sanja Bozinovska, met to discuss enhancing gas supply cooperation...

North Macedonia to implement joint electricity procurement model for public institutions

North Macedonia is set to introduce a new electricity supply model for public institutions to help lower their energy costs, according to Marko Bislimoski,...

North Macedonia: KfW grants €55 million loan for solar and wind energy projects

The German development bank KfW has approved a €55 million loan to North Macedonia's state-owned power utility, ESM, to finance the construction of the...

Hydro as a European flexibility asset: Montenegro’s reservoirs in a coupled Italy–SEE system

For decades, Montenegro’s hydroelectric system has been perceived primarily through a regional lens. Its reservoirs and run-of-river plants were valued as instruments of domestic...

Regional power-flow shifts after the Pljevlja shutdown: Montenegro in a rewired Balkan energy landscape

The shutdown of Pljevlja transforms Montenegro’s internal energy balance, but its implications extend beyond national borders. In the interconnected Balkan power system, every addition...

Private wind producers in Montenegro: From peripheral players to system-defining actors

Montenegro’s power system is undergoing a quiet reordering of influence. Where state hydro once dominated unchallenged and Pljevlja provided the stable backbone, private wind...

Balancing costs in Montenegro’s post-coal power system

As Montenegro steps into a future without Pljevlja’s coal-fired stability, the cost of balancing becomes the defining economic metric of its power system. Balancing...

Montenegro’s power future: Transitioning from coal at Pljevlja to wind, hydro and import options

Montenegro finds itself at a key inflection point. The only coal-fired thermal power plant in the country, Yugoslav Thermal Power Plant Pljevlja (TPP Pljevlja),...
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