Electricity
Serbia is emerging as the strategic flexibility hub of Southeastern Europe’s new electricity market
Serbia’s electricity market is entering the most important structural transition since the liberalization era began. The changes visible across Southeastern Europe during the first half of May…
Slovenia to roll out electricity sharing framework to better monetize rooftop solar surplus
Slovenia plans to introduce an electricity sharing model that lets households and small producers contract surplus solar power to other users, improving how renewable generation is…
Bulgaria sees higher power output and demand in early 2026 as imports rise
Bulgaria’s electricity production grew 2.22% year-on-year in the first part of 2026, while consumption increased even faster, lifting net imports. Renewable generation continued to expand, even…
Hydropower’s stabilizing role in Southeast Europe is fading as export economics deteriorate
Hydro still generates, but its value for Southeast Europe’s exporters is weakening. In Montenegro, CBAM-related effects cut export revenues by about €13 million in the first…
Romania generates more electricity in Q1 2026 as consumption falls
Romania’s electricity consumption dropped to 12.82 TWh in the first quarter of 2026, while total production rose to 14.37 TWh, supported by stronger hydropower and renewables.…
Greece shuts Agios Dimitrios lignite plant, ending a major coal chapter
Greece’s Agios Dimitrios power plant stopped operating on 15 May after more than four decades, closing one of the Balkans’ largest lignite-fired facilities. The shutdown advances…
PPC Energie pilots free electricity windows in Romania to test solar-driven demand shifting
PPC Energie has launched a Romania pilot that lets up to 5,000 selected households use electricity free of charge during defined solar-peak hours from June to…
Montenegro household power bills dip in April as consumption eases
Montenegro’s average household electricity bill fell to €31.78 in April 2026, down 20% from March and slightly below a year earlier. The drop is tied to…
Slovenia keeps electricity among Europe’s cheapest as network charges stay unusually low
Households in Slovenia paid the sixth-lowest final electricity tariffs in the EU in 2025, according to an ELES analysis using Eurostat data. The report points to…
Europe power prices jump early May as CO₂ costs, weaker wind and rising demand lift weekly averages
Electricity prices rose across most major European power markets in the first week of May, with weekly averages generally staying above May 1 levels despite a…