Browsing: hydropower

Hydropower, one of Southeast Europe’s most valuable sources of flexibility during periods of high electricity demand, lost some of its balancing strength during Week 26 (22–28…

Hydropower is often viewed as a stabilising pillar of Southeast Europe’s electricity markets, but Week 25 demonstrated that it can also be a significant source of…

Hydropower continues to act as one of Southeast Europe’s most influential yet often underappreciated price drivers. In Week 25, regional hydroelectric generation declined by 4.7% to…

Southeast Europe does not lack energy projects. It lacks the financial machinery to turn strategic energy projects into construction decisions quickly enough. That distinction is becoming…

Coal and lignite played a larger role in South East European (SEE) power generation during Week 24, despite a general decline in day-ahead electricity prices across…

South East Europe’s electricity market is often discussed through coal, gas and solar. But in parts of the region, the most important variable is still water.…

Hydropower again proved its strategic value in Southeast Europe during Week 23, acting as the region’s existing flexibility resource at a time when demand rose and…

Hydropower quietly shaped Southeast Europe’s electricity balance in Week 22, even though the headline regional number pointed lower. Total SEE hydro generation declined 10.2%, falling from 3.98 TWh to…

For much of the renewable energy transition, hydropower became the forgotten giant of Southeast Europe’s electricity system. Solar attracted headlines. Wind attracted investors. Battery storage attracted…

Hydropower remains one of Southeast Europe’s most valuable flexibility assets, but Week 21 showed how uneven hydrological conditions can quickly reshape electricity pricing, cross-border flows and…