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Negative power prices spread across the Balkans—raising the bar for wind, solar and storage
Negative electricity prices are moving from a Western European outlier to an emerging risk in South-East Europe as solar, wind and hydropower output increasingly collide with…
Financing the flexibility race in South-East Europe: the merchant-vs-regulated storage showdown
As battery energy storage expands across Serbia, Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, investors are split over whether projects should rely on volatile merchant revenues or on regulated,…
Romania, Greece and Serbia vie to turn flexibility into the region’s trading advantage
South-East Europe’s electricity competition is shifting from sheer generation to flexibility—balancing renewables, managing congestion and monetizing intraday spreads. By 2026, Romania, Greece and Serbia are emerging…
Balkans power trading is shifting from generation to transmission capacity
As the region’s grids become more renewable-heavy, electricity value in South-East Europe is increasingly shaped by who can move power across borders. The result is a…
Can SEE build a regional balancing market before renewable volatility accelerates?
South-East Europe’s renewable build-out is expanding faster than the region’s balancing architecture, raising the risk of recurring congestion, curtailment and higher imbalance costs. Storage and hydropower…
Gulf-backed investors move from building renewables to owning flexibility and trading in South-East Europe
South-East Europe’s renewable build-out is drawing more Gulf-backed capital, but the focus is shifting from standalone wind and solar projects to integrated systems combining storage, balancing…
Serbia’s property market shifts from residential cycle to logistics-and-industry buildout
Serbia’s real estate and construction activity is moving beyond a residential-led cycle as industrial expansion, infrastructure megaprojects and nearshoring reshape demand. By 2026, investors are likely…
Serbia’s next growth phase hinges on industrial upgrading, not just low-cost labor
Serbia is shifting from a low-cost regional model toward a broader investment and industrial platform, with the biggest long-term prospects in agribusiness, ICT, advanced manufacturing and…
Serbia’s carbon-free fabrication push could unlock a major EU export market
Europe’s energy and infrastructure buildout is driving demand for low-carbon, CBAM-compliant industrial components—not just final “green” technologies. Serbia’s opportunity is to scale fabrication and processing of…
Serbia’s low corporate tax remains a draw, but compliance demands are rising
Serbia’s 15% flat corporate income tax—unchanged since 2013—continues to underpin its appeal for industrial, technology and near-shoring investment. But the country’s tax system is becoming more…