Montenegro rules out electricity price hike as energy investments accelerate

Energy and Mining Minister Admir Sahmanović stated that the Government does not plan to increase electricity prices, although future decisions will depend on several influencing factors. Speaking in Parliament, he stressed that ensuring both the sustainability of the energy system and affordable prices for citizens remains a key priority. Sahmanović acknowledged that Montenegro continues to […]

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Greece revisits wholesale power surge despite no evidence of manipulation

This renewed scrutiny comes despite an earlier investigation by RAAEY, which did not find evidence of market manipulation or improper bidding. However, in light of ACER’s findings, the regulator will review market activity from June to September 2024, with a particular focus on days of extreme volatility. One of the key dates under examination is

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Bulgaria moves ahead with special administrator for Lukoil despite Presidential warning

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has taken steps that move in different directions regarding the expanded powers granted to a Government-appointed administrator for the country’s only oil refinery, Lukoil Neftochim Burgas. President Rumen Radev vetoed the amendments, arguing that the changes undermine the rule of law, contradict key European legal standards, and expose public finances to unnecessary

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: RS risks 102 million euro payout after unilateral wind farm concession termination

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s foreign minister Elmedin Konakovic said that Croatian company Kermas Energija is likely to win its arbitration case against Bosnia and Herzegovina, specifically against the Republic of Srpska (RS), whose Government unilaterally terminated the company’s concession for a wind farm project in eastern Herzegovina. Konakovic confirmed that the Council of Ministers reviewed information

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Banks, loans and engineering bankability, OE and financial confidence

In every capital project—whether a substation, transmission corridor, or renewable-energy facility—engineering design is not simply a technical exercise. It is the foundation of financial confidence. Investors and lenders price risk, and risk originates in engineering uncertainty. The more complete, constructible, and verifiable a design is, the more predictable the project’s cost, schedule, and performance become.

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Data-driven OE: The new standard for bankability

In a world where risk is increasingly complex, digital intelligence is no longer optional.It is the investor’s strongest protection—and the OE is its architect. The digital transformation of engineering oversight Energy, industrial, and large-scale infrastructure projects generate millions of data points—drawings, schedules, material tests, NCRs, progress logs, SCADA inputs, HSE incidents, environmental measurements, commissioning parameters.

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Technical intelligence reduces cost of capital, contract discipline and OE oversight supervision

In project finance, capital pricing is not determined only by interest rates, macroeconomic conditions, or credit ratings. It is determined by confidence—and confidence is created through governance. Good governance lowers perceived risk.Lower perceived risk lowers interest margins.Lower margins increase IRR and asset value. This relationship is known as the governance dividend:a tangible financial gain generated by disciplined

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OE risk engineering: Risk is not a hazard — it is a financial variable

Every infrastructure and energy project carries uncertainty: in soils, technology, weather, suppliers, permitting, productivity, cash-flow timing, and human behaviour. Investors know that risk exists — but what they need is visibility, quantification, and control. This is the discipline of Risk Engineering. Risk Engineering is not simply listing what might go wrong. It is the systematic process of turning uncertainty into

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Banks and project finance risk management, turning compliance into bankable assurance

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards have transformed from soft expectations into binding prerequisites for investment. What was once a compliance appendage in project documentation is today one of the primary determinants of bankability. Lenders, development banks, institutional investors, and insurers now demand ESG due diligence (ESG-DD) with the same rigour as technical and financial

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Technical due diligence for banks and investor defence, OE and engineering verification

For every project that reaches a bank’s credit committee, there are dozens that never should have. They collapse not because the idea was poor, but because the due diligence was superficial. Technical Due Diligence (TDD) is the process that distinguishes investable projects from aspirational ones — and for investors, it is the first, and often

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