From cheap power to qualified power: Serbian industry rewrites its electricity strategy under CBAM

A quiet but decisive shift is taking place across Serbia’s industrial landscape. For decades, competitiveness in energy-intensive sectors was built on access to relatively low-cost electricity, largely underpinned by lignite generation. The metric that mattered was simple: €/MWh. Today, that metric is being replaced by something far more complex and far more consequential—carbon-qualified electricity. The change […]

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Private capital steps into Southeast Europe’s grid gap as renewables outpace public financing capacity

Private capital is no longer optional for Southeast Europe’s energy transition—it is becoming the decisive factor in whether the region can absorb the scale of renewable capacity already in the pipeline. The core issue is simple. The grid—transmission, distribution and flexibility—must expand at a pace that public balance sheets alone cannot sustain. The scale of

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Renewable power in Serbia becomes a trade instrument as CBAM rewrites industrial competitiveness

The role of renewable energy in Serbia is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. What was until recently a straightforward electricity business—selling megawatt-hours into the wholesale market or through bilateral contracts—is now evolving into something far more strategic. Solar and wind producers are no longer just generators of energy. They are becoming providers of carbon-adjusted

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Industrial facilities redefine their role in Serbia’s energy and infrastructure transition

Industrial facilities across Serbia are entering a phase where communication is no longer a supporting function, but a core element of how they secure financing, maintain market access and position themselves within a rapidly evolving energy and regulatory landscape. What was once sufficient—reporting production volumes, announcing capital investments or confirming regulatory compliance—now falls short of

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Serbia’s nuclear debate enters phase one: Communication strategy becomes a core infrastructure layer

Serbia’s preliminary technical study on nuclear energy has quietly moved the country into a new phase of decision-making, one that is less about engineering and more about credibility. While much of the public discussion has focused on capacity, timelines and technology choices, the study itself—structured along the International Atomic Energy Agency’s phased approach—points to a

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CBAM engineering: The emergence of a new technical advisory market in European industrial trade

The European Union’s climate policy framework is beginning to reshape not only industrial supply chains but also the ecosystem of engineering and technical advisory services supporting exporters. As the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) moves from its reporting phase into financial implementation, a new category of specialised technical services is emerging across Europe’s industrial periphery. Increasingly, this

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Serbian exporters race to prepare for Europe’s carbon border regime

European climate policy is beginning to reshape the competitive landscape for manufacturers beyond the European Union’s borders. For Serbian exporters whose products depend heavily on energy-intensive production processes, the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has rapidly shifted from a regulatory discussion into a pressing commercial reality. The mechanism, which entered its definitive phase on 1 January 2026,

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Can Serbia move from assembly manufacturing to high-value industrial production?

Serbia’s industrial model in 2025 showed both its strength and its ceiling. The strength is visible in exports, where manufacturing generated 87.6% of total foreign sales, total exports reached €33.068 billion, and total trade turnover climbed to €74.927 billion. The ceiling is visible in the structure behind those numbers: manufacturing output increased only 1.1%, overall

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The global steel industry is entering a new regulatory and economic era as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) begins transforming how industrial emissions are tracked, reported, and priced in international trade. Initially perceived by many companies outside the EU as another environmental reporting requirement, the system is proving far more consequential. For

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Power and metals: Why electricity prices will decide Europe’s new refining industry

Europe’s attempt to rebuild domestic supply chains for lithium, rare earths and battery metals is often described as a race to secure raw materials. Yet the decisive factor shaping where the continent’s new refining plants will actually be built may not be geology at all. It may be electricity. Across lithium conversion facilities, copper refineries,

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