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.
Romania’s second contracts-for-difference (CfD) auction has reinforced solar power’s position as the main driver of…
North Macedonia is preparing to transform part of its largest coal and power complex into…
Most Southeast European power markets declined on 12 August as sharply higher wind and solar…
A 210 MW unit at Serbia’s Kostolac A thermal power plant remains offline after a…
Electrica produced about 21 GWh of electricity in the first half of 2026, more than…
Helleniq Energy has installed the first turbine at its 96 MW wind project in Romania’s…
The South-East European electricity market opened the week with a broad and unusually sharp repricing.…
Southeast European day-ahead electricity markets converged into an unusually narrow price range for delivery on…
Day-ahead electricity markets across Southeast Europe weakened for delivery on 17 July 2026, but the…
The evening peak has become the most critical pricing window in Southeast European day-ahead electricity…
Cross-border electricity flows across Southeast Europe tightened significantly during Week 27, as regional net imports…
Stronger European natural gas prices are adding upward pressure to Southeast European electricity markets after…
Natural gas returned to the center of Southeast Europe’s power-market risk in July 2026. A…
Croatian gas transmission operator Plinacro has placed eight pipeline sections in Vukovar-Srijem County up for sale with…
Greece’s energy strategy is increasingly regional, combining LNG infrastructure, cross-border pipelines, electricity interconnections and a…
Croatia is developing a multi-layered energy position based on LNG transit, electricity storage, hydrogen infrastructure…
Serbia does not plan to increase regulated household gas prices despite a sharp rise in…
The Ugljevik thermal power plant remains out of operation after exhausting suitable coal supplies, leaving…
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s electricity sector recorded a marked recovery in May, with gross production reaching 1,106…
Slovenia generated 1,152 GWh of net electricity in June 2026, broadly unchanged from a year earlier and 3%…
A Bulgarian court has upheld a €154,000 environmental penalty against the Bobov Dol coal-fired power plant after…
North Macedonia produced 462,653 MWh of electricity in May 2026, an increase of 3.8% from the same month a…
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Day-ahead electricity prices across Southeast Europe moved closer together during the second quarter of 2026, but the apparent convergence was driven primarily by falling EU wholesale…
The second quarter of 2026 brought a partial easing of the disruption that followed the start of the definitive phase of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment…
Southeast Europe’s renewable energy market is entering a more advanced phase of development. As wind, solar and battery projects accelerate across the region, grid access is…
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Serbia has opened a RSD 625 million, approximately €5.3 million, public procurement procedure for the planning and initial technical documentation required to develop the Đerdap 3 pumped-storage hydropower plant,…
Persistently weak Danube inflows are restricting output from Serbia’s Đerdap hydropower cascade and beginning to affect thermal generation at Kostolac, increasing the operational and financial pressure…
Serbia has diversified the physical routes through which it can receive natural gas, but its supply security remains exposed to a more difficult question: can alternative…
Serbia’s state-owned utility Elektroprivreda Srbije plans to begin construction work during autumn 2026 on the modernization of the Vlasinske hydropower cascade, extending the life of assets that have supplied…
Romania’s battery storage market is moving beyond pilot projects and grant announcements into a new infrastructure-financing phase. A planned 127 MW/254 MWh standalone battery storage system…
Bulgaria has gone from being a newcomer in battery energy storage to one of Europe’s most closely watched markets in less than two years. The transformation…
Southeast Europe has no shortage of wind resources, developers or proposed projects. What the region increasingly lacks is execution. Across SEE, multi-gigawatt project pipelines coexist with…
Romania’s 461 MW VIFOR wind farm is emerging as one of Southeast Europe’s most significant renewable energy projects, not only because of its scale but also…
Romania’s second contracts-for-difference (CfD) auction has reinforced solar power’s position as the main driver of new renewable capacity in Southeast Europe. The latest round awarded 1,488…
Serbia intends to complete the initial assessment phase of its national nuclear programme by mid-2027, establish the necessary institutional and regulatory framework by 2032, and begin construction of…
Romania has restored 700 MW of nuclear generation capacity after Unit 1 of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant returned to commercial operation following a scheduled maintenance…
Hungary’s Paks Nuclear Power Plant has started restoring electricity production after a period of reduced output caused by high Danube water temperatures during last week’s heatwave.…
Hungary has granted its nuclear power plant Paks a temporary exemption from environmental operating limits after unusually high temperatures in the Danube river threatened to force…
Croatia and Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Toronto, marking a step toward stronger cooperation in the field of civilian nuclear energy. The…
Serbia’s emerging boron mining segment is entering a more defined development phase, with Canadian company Boron One positioning itself to secure control over strategic deposits near Raška while…
The centre of gravity in China’s economic presence in Serbia is no longer infrastructure alone, nor even manufacturing in its broader sense. It is increasingly concentrated…
Across Europe’s industrial policy architecture, a quiet but consequential shift is underway. What was once classified as environmental liability—mine tailings, slag heaps, and decades of accumulated…
A recent visit by a German delegation to Serbia, focused on cooperation in geology and mining, reflects a broader recalibration of Europe’s raw materials strategy—one that…
The transformation of global supply chains for critical minerals is reshaping the industrial geography of Europe. Over the next two decades the continent will construct dozens…
