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Romania imports power for 21 hours as nuclear outages persist

Romania imported electricity for 21 of 24 hours on 3 November despite renewables supplying around two-thirds of generation. Reactor restart prospects and the cost and timing of grid connections will shape supply and new project economics.

PPC and AWS memorandum for Agios Dimitrios data centre: 300 MW to 1 GW

PPC and AWS signed a memorandum on Sept. 17 for a data centre at Agios Dimitrios in Western Macedonia. The project targets an initial...

Grid access becomes Southeast Europe’s scarcest renewable development asset

Southeast Europe’s renewable investment market is increasingly splitting between projects with secured grid access and those still waiting for a connection, making transmission capacity...

Grids have replaced generation as SEE’s main energy-transition bottleneck

Southeast Europe has no shortage of proposed power plants. Its increasingly scarce asset is a timely grid connection. Solar, wind and battery pipelines have...

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Winter forecast puts Southeast power prices at €160 to €295/MWh

Southeast European electricity prices could ease in Q4 2026 and Q1 2027 if nuclear capacity returns and hydro inflows improve. Gas costs and transmission constraints are expected to sustain premiums during tight periods.

Romania’s 700 MW reactor return set for 6 November

Cernavodă Unit 1 is scheduled to resynchronise on 6 November after more than three months offline. Its availability, alongside other reactor restarts and outages, will shape winter import needs and power prices across Southeast Europe.

Montenegro hydro output drops 36.3% as Balkan supply risks rise

Drought is reducing hydroelectric output and constraining nuclear generation across the Balkans, increasing exposure to electricity imports. The pressure highlights the role of diversified generation, storage and interconnection.

Western Balkan power trade recovers as spreads exceed €20/MWh

Western Balkan electricity trade with the European Union recovered from the second quarter but remained below year-earlier levels. Wider price spreads, weaker convergence and CBAM costs are complicating cross-border sales.

Romania imports power for 21 hours as nuclear outages persist

Romania imported electricity for 21 of 24 hours on 3 November despite renewables supplying around two-thirds of generation. Reactor restart prospects and the cost and timing of grid connections will shape supply and new project economics.