Europe’s transition from hourly to 15-minute market time units is often presented as a technical reform designed to better reflect renewable generation. For Southeast Europe, however, the move represents something far more consequential: a structural change in how price signals, cross-border flows, and trading strategies form across Serbia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and their neighbours. […]
Plans for a new gas pipeline connecting Serbia and North Macedonia are moving forward with a defined timeline, as permitting is expected to conclude by mid-2026, followed immediately by construction. The update came after talks between Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović and her North Macedonian counterpart Sanja Božinovska. Serbia’s energy strategy has
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GE Vernova has further strengthened its position in Romania’s wind power market by signing an additional supply agreement with PPC Renewables, the renewable energy arm of the Greek PPC Group. The latest contract covers the delivery of wind turbines with a total capacity of 85 MW for the Deleni wind farm in Vaslui county. Under
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A joint Croatian–Montenegrin consortium has emerged as the top-ranked bidder in Montenegro’s long-delayed tender to modernize state-owned oil storage tanks at the port of Bar. The winning bid was submitted by Croatia’s S.A.K.Z. in partnership with several Montenegrin companies, with a total value of 1.74 million euros, narrowly undercutting a competing offer from a Montenegrin–Serbian
Qair Montenegro is preparing to develop a new solar power plant in the municipality of Niksic, with a planned installed capacity of 60 MW. The Montenegrin Government has granted the investor the necessary urban and technical conditions to move forward with the project. According to the approved documentation, the planned facility, named Jabuka, will be
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Preparatory works at Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant expansion have progressed well ahead of schedule, allowing the project to enter a critical construction phase sooner than expected. According to Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto, technical activities directly preceding the first concrete pour are set to begin as early as next week. Minister Szijjarto
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The Croatian Energy Regulatory Agency (HERA) has approved a new set of electricity transmission and distribution fees that will take effect on 1 January 2026. The revised charges were adopted as part of HERA’s statutory role under the Electricity Market Act, aimed at regulating network fees and ensuring the stability of the domestic energy system.
State-owned power utility ERS has formally taken the first step in the environmental approval process for its planned Hrgud wind farm by submitting documentation for a preliminary environmental assessment. The proposed facility is expected to have an installed capacity of 60 MW and is planned for the municipality of Berkovici, where it would be among
Electricity market coupling between Montenegro and Italy marks a structural break in the evolution of Southeast Europe’s power market. It is not simply a bilateral integration exercise or a technical extension of an existing submarine cable. It represents the first instance in which a Western Balkan market is directly anchored to a large, liquid EU
Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) has introduced a new dimension of industrial competitiveness: the carbon clock. Every year that passes without decarbonisation increases the cost burden for exporters selling into the European Union. For Serbia, whose manufacturing base is heavily reliant on electricity-intensive processes, CBAM represents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge
