For energy-intensive industries in Serbia, the traditional question of whether gas or electricity is cheaper is no longer the decisive one. The decisive variable over the next decade will be carbon. As the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters its operational phase and the EU Emissions Trading System tightens toward 2030 and 2035, Serbian […]
Europe’s energy transition is not only an energy-system transformation but a manufacturing one. The deployment of renewable generation, grids and storage requires an immense volume of fabricated components—many of them heavy, customised and sensitive to logistics costs. Serbia is increasingly positioned to capture this demand as a near-source manufacturing base for Europe’s energy-transition supply chain.
As the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) moves from reporting into its financial phase, manufacturing competitiveness for the EU market is being structurally redefined. Cost is no longer measured only in euros per tonne or euros per unit, but increasingly in kilograms of embedded CO₂ per exported product. For fabrication- and processing-heavy industries, electricity intensity
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By 2035, Serbia will be a profoundly different energy and economic system than the one it operates today. The country stands at the threshold of a rare structural transformation—one that touches electricity, industry, manufacturing, transport, construction, finance and regional trade. If Serbia fully commits to its renewable trajectory, the nation will not merely decarbonize its
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The future of Serbia’s renewable-energy sector will not be decided by auctions, PPA structures, investor appetite or available land. These elements shape the market, but they do not define its limits. The true bottleneck—and the ultimate enabler—of Serbia’s energy transition is the transmission grid. Every planned wind farm, solar park, battery system, hybrid plant or
As Serbia accelerates its renewable-energy transition, a deeper strategic question has begun to emerge: can the country evolve from being merely a construction market for wind and solar plants into a manufacturing and supply-chain hub for Europe’s renewable ecosystem? The answer carries enormous implications for Serbia’s industrial competitiveness, export potential, workforce development and long-term economic
As Serbia accelerates the growth of its renewable-energy sector, an uncomfortable truth is becoming visible: wind and solar alone cannot deliver a stable, reliable and flexible power system. The grid absorbs what it can, but its structural limitations are becoming clearer with each new project. Transmission corridors in Banat saturate during peak winds. Distribution networks
In Serbia’s expanding renewable-energy sector, the relationship between engineering and finance is becoming clearer than ever. The two were once treated as separate worlds—the engineers focused on foundations, cables, substations and turbines, while financiers focused on debt structures, IRR curves, PPA prices and repayment schedules. But the maturing market has erased this separation. In a
For decades, Serbian industry operated in an electricity environment defined by state utilities, regulated tariffs and predictable—if sometimes volatile—market conditions. Manufacturers, logistics companies, metal processors, chemical plants, IT parks and agribusiness operators all relied on a stable supply of relatively affordable power. The structure was simple: EPS generated the energy, EMS moved it across the
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The story of Serbia’s renewable-energy sector is no longer defined by a handful of early movers or public-sector initiatives. A deeper shift is underway—one driven by private investors, infrastructure funds, energy utilities, independent power producers and strategic operators who now determine the pace and shape of Serbia’s transition. As the country accelerates its renewable build-out,
