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Europe’s variable power system: How wind, solar and nuclear reshaped electricity flows from the EU core to southeast Europe

For most of the past half-century, Europe’s electricity system could be understood through a relatively simple lens. Power was generated close to where it was consumed, national systems were planned around predictable baseload plants, and cross-border flows played a supporting role rather than defining market outcomes. Electricity prices reflected domestic generation costs, demand patterns were […]

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Bulgaria: Westinghouse expands industry role in Kozloduy AP1000 nuclear project

Westinghouse has further reinforced Bulgaria’s domestic industrial base supporting the country’s new nuclear build by signing an additional set of cooperation agreements with local companies. The latest memoranda were concluded during the company’s third Supplier Symposium in Sofia in November 2025, expanding Bulgarian participation in the planned nuclear power expansion at Kozloduy. With the signing

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Bulgaria: NPP Kozloduy Unit 6 restarts after technical maintenance, gradual ramp-up underway

Electricity generation at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear power plant has been fully restored after unit 6 was reconnected to the national grid this morning, shortly before 11:00. The reactor had been taken offline on 15 December due to a technical issue in a safety-related component located outside the nuclear section of the unit. The problem involved

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Slovenia prepares for critical 2028 vote on Krško nuclear expansion amid supplier dispute

Following last year’s withdrawal of the referendum on a second unit at Slovenia’s sole nuclear power plant, Krško, the year 2028 has emerged as a decisive point for defining the country’s long-term energy strategy. That year is expected to bring a public vote on what could become the largest infrastructure project in Slovenia’s history, followed

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Slovenia: NPP Krsko exceeds November 2025 production targets with full capacity availability

In November 2025, the Krsko nuclear power plant, jointly owned by Slovenia and Croatia, generated 504,486 MWh of net electricity, surpassing the planned output of 495,000 MWh by 1.92%. For comparison, in November 2024, the plant produced 504,839 MWh, exceeding the target of 493,000 MWh by 2.4%. Throughout this period, NPP Krsko operated fully within

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Hungary: Paks nuclear expansion ahead of schedule, first concrete pour set for February

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 Balkan power map 2035: How Serbia’s nuclear question reorders regional alliances and cross-Border power flows

The Western Balkans and Southeast Europe are entering a new strategic energy era, one in which electricity — its production, exchange, security, and geopolitical meaning — carries more weight than gas pipelines ever did. By 2035, the region’s power map will look radically different from anything recognizable today. Coal will decline, hydropower will fluctuate under

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The nuclear chessboard: Who will compete for Serbia’s reactor future and how neighbours will align in cross-border consents

The quiet decision to lift Serbia’s decades-old ban on nuclear power has triggered a shift in the strategic imagination of the region. For the first time since the Chernobyl-era prohibition, Serbia can legally and politically evaluate the possibility of constructing nuclear reactors — a move that has implications far beyond electricity production. It touches geopolitics,

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Serbia reconsiders nuclear energy: The end of a 40-year ban and the beginning of a new strategic debate

For almost four decades, Serbia lived under a symbolic and legislative boundary that shaped its entire energy identity: a ban on the construction of nuclear power plants, introduced in the late Yugoslav era after the Chernobyl disaster. That prohibition was not only a legal framework but a psychological marker that defined how the country imagined

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Bulgaria advances nuclear expansion with Kozloduy units 7 and 8 engineering contract

A new step in expanding Bulgaria’s nuclear capacity has been taken as the project company NPP Kozloduy New Builds signed an engineering consultancy contract with a predominantly Canadian consortium. The consortium includes Laurentis Energy Partners, its subsidiary Canadian Nuclear Partners, and BWX Technologies. Under the agreement, the consortium will support Bulgaria in overseeing and managing

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