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Balkan drought forces investors to reprice hydropower output risk

Hydropower has traditionally been treated as one of Southeast Europe’s most valuable electricity assets: renewable, dispatchable and capable of responding rapidly to changes in...

Bulgaria’s 2026 power surplus deepens on stronger generation and hydropower output

Electricity generation in Bulgaria between 1 January and 9 August reached approximately 26,906 GWh, up 7.79% year on year. During the same period, consumption...

Hydropower-driven value swing in Bosnia and Herzegovina reaches €210mn

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s electricity sector is exposed to hydrological variability, with an estimated €210mn swing in sector value between particularly wet and dry years....

The Danube drought is rewriting the economics of Southeast European hydropower

The summer of 2026 has turned hydrology from an operating variable into a regional energy-security crisis. Serbia’s Đerdap 1, the largest hydropower plant in...

Reservoirs at 70% underpin North Macedonia’s hydropower output and system balance

North Macedonia is operating with reservoirs that are approximately 70% full. The stored water level is described as sufficient to maintain planned hydropower production...

July 2026 hydropower market in Southeast Europe: Drought turns flexibility into a scarce commodity

Hydropower entered July 2026 as Southeast Europe’s most important flexible renewable resource—and one of its most constrained. Prolonged heat and drought reduced river flows...

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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...