Serbia Energy News
Leading SEE regional online magazine with dedicated energy and mining focused news. Since 2007 covering the power market news of Serbia and region of South East Europe.
Serbia Energy News
Leading SEE regional online magazine with dedicated energy and mining focused news. Covering the power market news of Serbia and region of South East Europe since 2007.
A subdued industrial recovery could prevent Southeast European electricity demand from rising as sharply as…
Southeast Europe’s renewable generators face a changing price profile this autumn as shorter daylight hours…
Southeast Europe faces a potentially sharper autumn shock from diesel than from crude oil as…
Southeast Europe enters autumn with more diversified gas infrastructure than at any point since the…
Southeast Europe’s electricity import balance is likely to become more uneven this autumn as cooling…
Southeast European electricity prices are likely to remain fragmented through September and October as transmission…
Forecasting will remain essential, but the strongest Southeast European electricity trader may increasingly be the…
Southeast Europe has developed increasingly sophisticated short-term electricity markets, but the ability to transfer risk…
Electricity traders once focused primarily on forecasting demand, generation and weather. With flow-based coupling and…
European power-market integration is moving beyond day-ahead and intraday coupling. As MARI and PICASSO expand,…
Europe’s move to quarter-hour day-ahead trading may look like a technical market reform. For electricity…
The next stage of Southeast European electricity trading is no longer simply about forecasting whether…
Serbia and North Macedonia have moved their planned gas interconnector into the implementation phase, strengthening…
Bulgarian state gas supplier Bulgargaz plans to expand its regional role from the 2026/27 gas year by offering integrated…
Serbia is moving forward with a major gas transmission expansion and modernisation programme that could…
North Macedonia plans to join the Vertical Gas Corridor in September as it seeks to transform its…
Greek gas transmission operator DESFA is preparing new infrastructure at the Revythoussa LNG terminal that would allow the facility…
North Macedonia’s gross electricity production fell 13.2% year on year to 408,045 MWh in June, highlighting…
Proposed changes to the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism could reduce the cost faced…
Bulgaria will keep nuclear energy and coal-fired reserves at the centre of its power system…
Romania is introducing payments for electricity consumers willing to reduce demand during tight market periods…
Serbian wholesale electricity prices remained above €150/MWh on average during August, while evening prices climbed beyond €400/MWh and occasionally €500/MWh,…
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NIS Group returned to profitability in the first half of 2026 as stronger crude prices,…
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Southeast Europe’s electricity market is developing a widening price divide between solar-heavy daytime hours and the evening period after photovoltaic generation falls, increasing the value of…
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Serbia combined sharply higher electricity consumption with stronger production across renewables, hydro and thermal generation in Week 34, allowing the system to remain a net exporter…
Serbia remained one of Southeast Europe’s cheaper electricity markets in Week 34 even as domestic power demand increased sharply, creating a renewed price discount to Hungary…
Serbian oil company NIS has sought another U.S. sanctions waiver to maintain uninterrupted operations while continuing investment at its Pančevo refinery, Serbia’s only large-scale crude-processing facility. The company increased…
Serbian wholesale electricity prices remained above €150/MWh on average during August, while evening prices climbed beyond €400/MWh and occasionally €500/MWh, exposing growing volatility in the country’s increasingly interconnected power market. Regional…
Serbia and North Macedonia have moved their planned gas interconnector into the implementation phase, strengthening prospects for a new northbound supply route linking the Serbian market…
The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is likely to play a larger role in Southeast European power flows this autumn as traders increasingly compare not only…
Southeast Europe’s rapidly expanding renewable fleet is beginning to move from passive day-ahead generation into intraday and balancing markets, increasing the value of batteries, aggregation and…
A subdued industrial recovery could prevent Southeast European electricity demand from rising as sharply as energy prices this autumn, limiting baseload consumption while leaving peak-hour scarcity…
Southeast Europe’s renewable generators face a changing price profile this autumn as shorter daylight hours reduce extreme solar oversupply but increase the value of electricity delivered…
Southeast Europe faces a potentially sharper autumn shock from diesel than from crude oil as record refining margins, Middle East disruption and restricted Russian exports lift…
Bulgarian authorities are preparing additional measures to protect generation at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant as exceptionally low Danube levels increase concern over cooling-water availability. Kozloduy…
The Krško nuclear power plant has increased generation to around 90% of capacity after cooler weather and improved conditions in the Sava river allowed the reactor to recover part of…
The jointly owned Slovenian-Croatian Krško nuclear power plant produced 497,404 MWh of net electricity during the reported month, slightly below its 500,000 MWh production target. Output was around 0.5% below plan, compared with 505,827…
Water availability has become a direct electricity-market variable across Europe during the summer of 2026. Record-low river levels are simultaneously reducing hydropower output, restricting nuclear cooling…
Reduced production at Slovenia’s Krško nuclear power plant is costing GEN Energija at least EUR 300,000 per day, as the company turns to the wholesale electricity…
The adoption of Serbia’s long-awaited Strategy for the Management of Mineral and Geological Resources to 2040 marks a decisive turning point in the country’s industrial trajectory.…
The discovery of a new copper ore body in eastern Serbia is being framed as a potentially significant addition to one of Europe’s most important mining…
Serbia’s mining sector has evolved into one of the most dynamic convergence points of global mining capital, where London-, Toronto- and Sydney-listed companies operate across different stages…
Serbia has formally entered a new phase in its management of mineral wealth, adopting its first comprehensive national strategy for mineral resources and placing the sector…
China’s Zijin Mining has consolidated its position as the single most profitable industrial operator in Serbia, with its copper and gold platform now delivering around €500 million…
