Browsing: EU ETS

The European Commission’s proposed reform of the EU carbon market should not be interpreted as a reversal of climate policy, but rather as an attempt to…

The relationship between electricity trading and carbon markets across South-East Europe is entering a fundamentally different phase. For years, Balkan power traders focused primarily on classic…

The integration of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism into Southeast Europe’s electricity markets has done more than introduce a new cost component to cross-border trade. It…

The introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism at the start of 2026 has not only altered cross-border trade flows in Southeast Europe but has also…

The electricity markets of South-East Europe are entering a structurally different phase, where carbon pricing, cross-border regulation, and transmission constraints are no longer separate forces but increasingly intertwined…

While CBAM has drawn attention as a new cross-border mechanism, the underlying reality is that EU ETS (Emissions Trading System) CO₂ pricing remains the dominant structural driver…

Companies in Serbia are not afraid of decarbonisation and the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), but they are worried that the state does not…

The European Union saw carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and industrial sites drop a record 15.5 percent last year, the bloc’s executive said. The main…

The Western Balkans power sector is close to collapse. Approximately two-thirds of the Western Balkans’ electricity is generated by lignite, most often by power plants that…

The power sector in the Western Balkans is on the brink of collapse, a report from the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) has warned, citing…