Serbian industrial companies are weighing battery ownership against buying flexibility as a service. The choice depends on whether site-specific savings or market trading provides most of a battery’s value.
Europe’s supply exposure is increasingly concentrated in diesel and gasoil, whose high delivered costs may persist even if crude prices ease. The IEA reported lower global diesel exports in September than a year earlier.
IBEX day-ahead trading reached 2.915 TWh in October, while the baseload average price rose around 40% from September. Higher year-on-year liquidity coincided with continued high prices into November.
The Energy Community Secretariat warned that carbon-related costs on electricity exports to the EU could take effect before Western Balkan markets are fully integrated. An exemption for electricity is conditional, and proposed changes to the CBAM framework had not been enacted by early November 2026.
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Refineries in Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria and Serbia are gaining strategic importance as diesel supplies tighten and long-distance imports become scarce, costly or unreliable. Local production can shorten supply chains and reduce exposure to disrupted seaborne trade, while refinery operations and crude deliveries remain key to availability.
OMV Petrom announcer an extensive modernization programme at Petrobrazi refinery in Romania. The estimated investments to produce biofuels, green hydrogen, and other products with low...
BHP has issued termination notices for its Central Timok and Borsko exploration options in eastern Serbia, returning eight licences to Mundoro Capital when the notices take effect. The miner retains separate Trstenik and South Timok agreements, while Mundoro seeks partners to fund drilling on the returned licences.
Centerra Gold has agreed to buy 12.374 million newly issued Mundoro Capital shares for approximately C$4.08 million (€2.60 million), in a proposed placement that would give it a 9.9% stake. The funding would support Mundoro’s exploration and working capital as it seeks partners for projects in Serbia, but the deal has not closed.
Northstone Resources secured commitments for a share placement worth about EUR1.45 million to fund exploration at its Tlamino gold-silver and Timok East copper-gold projects in Serbia. The financing will support drilling and technical studies, not mine construction.
European Energy is evaluating a renewable-energy complex in Bulgaria’s Dobrich region, centred on a wind project of up to 1 GW. The concept also includes solar generation, battery storage and infrastructure for industrial users.
Croatian oil-pipeline operator JANAF halted crude transport on part of the Sisak-Slavonski Brod route after pipeline equipment was damaged near Prvca. The spill is estimated at 500 cubic metres.