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ESM contracts €27.65 million for 30 MW solar plants at Bitola and Oslomej

North Macedonia’s state-owned utility ESM has selected POWERCHINA Jiangxi Electric Power Construction to deliver two photovoltaic projects with a combined capacity of 30 MW....

North Macedonia’s Čebren decision shows the return of state-led energy infrastructure

North Macedonia’s renewed push to build the Čebren pumped storage hydropower plant through state-owned ESM reflects a wider trend across SEE: governments are returning to strategic energy...

Bitola Power Plant Unit 3 Offline Due to Technical Failure

Operations at the Bitola Thermal Power Plant, a significant coal-fired energy provider in North Macedonia, have been interrupted following a technical failure. On April...

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...

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EU recognition of Western Balkan renewable certificates could boost PPAs but not replace CBAM verification

Renewable generators in Serbia, Montenegro and other Energy Community markets could gain access to a broader European market for the environmental attributes of their...

EU reforms could restore multi-trader electricity exports while leaving contractual risks unresolved

European Union policymakers are considering changes that could make it easier for renewable electricity from neighbouring countries to qualify for actual-emissions treatment under CBAM....

Domestic industrial PPAs open new revenue opportunities for Serbian and Montenegrin renewables

Domestic industrial demand can support renewable investment and improve electricity cost predictability, but the carbon value of a power purchase agreement depends on the...

Montenegro’s electricity exporters need stronger PPAs to secure Italian market revenues

The Adriatic interconnector gives Montenegro's renewable generators access to Italian buyers, but investment returns depend on carbon treatment, delivery profiles and the fallback provisions...

Serbian renewable projects face new contractual challenges on the Hungary export corridor

Export PPAs can expand market access for wind and solar projects, but the revenue ultimately reaching developers depends on delivery rights, trading costs and...