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.
On 7 August 2026, the Southeast European electricity market entered a period of growing divergence…
Southeast Europe’s renewable energy market is entering a more advanced phase of development. As wind,…
A simultaneous drought-related shutdown of all operating nuclear power plants in Southeast Europe would remove…
The introduction of negative day-ahead electricity prices on the ALPEX power exchange represents a significant…
Romania’s Black Sea energy strategy is expanding beyond the development of a single resource, as…
Bosnia and Herzegovina strengthened its position as a regional electricity exporter during the first half…
Southeast Europe entered July with elevated electricity prices, tighter supply margins and a more fragile…
Battery energy storage became increasingly relevant in Southeast European electricity markets during Week 26 as…
Week 26 electricity market data delivered a clear message for CBAM-exposed industrial companies across Southeast…
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports are becoming an increasingly important indicator for Southeast European electricity…
European gas storage levels remained one of the key underlying risks for Southeast European electricity…
Cross-border electricity trading across Southeast Europe weakened during Week 26 despite a sharp increase in…
Gas-fired power generation continues to occupy a complex position in Serbia’s evolving energy transition. While…
Construction of the gas interconnector between North Macedonia and Greece remains on schedule, with the cross-border pipeline…
Greek infrastructure group Aktor has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Dioryga Gas, the…
The Greek port of Igoumenitsa has been selected as the logistics base for planned exploration drilling in…
Greece’s natural gas market strengthened significantly in the first half of 2026, with rising cross-border…
Croatia generated 902 GWh of net electricity in May 2026, with hydropower, wind and solar accounting for…
Bulgaria produced 24.11 TWh of electricity between 1 January and 19 July 2026, an increase of 4.99% from the corresponding…
Romania’s electricity consumption declined by 3.4% during the first five months of 2026, while domestic production increased…
Bosnia and Herzegovina increased electricity production in the first half of 2026 despite a sharp decline in…
The European Commission has presented an Electrification Action Plan intended to raise electricity’s share of…
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Hungarian energy group MOL has been granted additional time by U.S. authorities to continue negotiations…
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Southeast Europe is emerging as one of Europe’s most attractive electricity-storage markets, as widening intraday price spreads create a stronger commercial case for batteries than in…
Southeast Europe is entering a decisive phase of battery energy storage deployment. Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are all accelerating…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has taken another significant step in accelerating Central and Southeast Europe’s energy transition by approving up to €44…
Southeast Europe’s energy market is entering a more mature investment phase, with recent deal flow showing a clear shift away from early-stage renewable project pipelines and…
Serbia and Romania have signed a memorandum of understanding covering the proposed Djerdap 3 pumped-storage hydropower plant, reviving preparations for one of Southeast Europe’s largest prospective electricity-storage…
The Vertical Gas Corridor is moving beyond its original Southeast European footprint as transmission system operators from Serbia and North Macedonia prepare to join the initiative, extending a gas route designed to…
Serbia has emerged as the key short-term stress market in Southeast Europe’s electricity sector after a sharp increase in day-ahead prices during Week 27, driven by…
The procurement process for the planned Serbia–Hungary oil pipeline has encountered another delay after Serbia’s public-procurement review authority partially cancelled the tender procedure for professional construction…
Serbia is advancing a gas-infrastructure programme valued at approximately €1 billion, with the first investment expected to cover the initial section of the Niš-Velika Plana pipeline. The programme…
North Macedonia has dismantled two small hydropower plants in the Lesnica valley, establishing a significant precedent for energy assets located inside protected areas. The removal of Pena…
Trading on Hungary’s HUPX day-ahead market increased to 2.52 TWh in July 2026, even as the monthly baseload price declined to €122.35/MWh. Day-ahead volume rose 8.6% from 2.38 TWh in June,…
French infrastructure investor Meridiam has agreed to become the largest shareholder in the Great Sea Interconnector, strengthening the financing structure of the planned subsea electricity link between Greece and…
Croatian pipeline operator JANAF and Hungary’s MOL Group have formalised a take-or-pay agreement covering the transportation of 2.05 million tonnes of crude oil during 2026, giving Central European refineries a contracted…
European gas storage has entered August at its lowest seasonal level in 15 years, leaving the continent more exposed to supply disruptions, cold weather and renewed competition…
Hungary is set to reassess the controversial Paks nuclear power plant expansion project following the announcement by the country’s new administration, led by Prime Minister Peter…
Serbia is expected to make key decisions in 2027 regarding the potential construction of its first nuclear power plant, including the selection of technology and the…
Electricity output from Slovenia’s Krško Nuclear Power Plant (NEK) has slightly declined in recent weeks due to environmental and operational constraints linked to low water levels…
Romanian nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica has announced that Unit 2 of the Cernavodă nuclear power plant will remain offline for a longer period than initially expected,…
Croatia is preparing to significantly strengthen the role of nuclear power in its energy system, with plans to nearly double its share in electricity production over…
The exploration story on Serbia’s Rogozna massif continues to unfold with fresh geological success and deepening strategic investment, underscoring growing global interest in one of Europe’s…
The Rogozna mining area in southern Serbia has delivered another significant resource upgrade, with the Gradina deposit confirming gold quantities materially above earlier expectations. The latest…
As Europe accelerates its push to secure critical raw materials, attention has largely focused on mines, processing plants, and permitting reform within the European Union. Less…
In EU candidate countries, few policy phrases are used as frequently—and as loosely—as “strategic project.” In Serbia, the term has become a fixture of official discourse…
A cluster of recent exploration agreements and drilling results confirms that Serbia has entered a new phase as one of Europe’s most actively contested copper-gold provinces,…
