SEE Energy News
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…
Low Sava River levels trim output at Slovenia’s Krško nuclear plant, not reactor performance
Slovenia’s Krško Nuclear Power Plant has cut electricity exports slightly in recent weeks as low Sava River flows and tighter thermal limits affect cooling efficiency. The…
Cernavodă Unit 2 stays offline longer after transformer fault, while Unit 1 moves into planned maintenance
Romanian operator Nuclearelectrica says Cernavodă Unit 2 will remain shut longer than expected after an automatic shutdown triggered by a fault in an insulator tied to…
Romania’s OPCOM April 2026 power market: day-ahead prices rise, intraday volumes and prices ease
Romania’s day-ahead electricity average on OPCOM climbed to €95.55/MWh in April 2026, up 10.55% year-on-year but down from March. Intraday trading cooled sharply, with both volumes…
Montenegro commissions Gvozd wind farm, expanding renewables with EBRD-backed financing
Montenegro has officially commissioned the Gvozd wind farm near Nikšić, bringing the country’s largest wind power plant into operation. The €82 million project is financed by…
North Macedonia’s solar boom reshapes the power mix, pushing hydropower to third
In 2025, North Macedonia added 115 MW of new solar capacity, lifting total solar installations to 962.6 MW and making solar the country’s second-largest generation source.…
MOL Group Q1 2026 profit drops 61% as supply disruptions and regional fuel price controls bite
MOL Group reported first-quarter 2026 pre-tax profit of $212 million, down 61% year on year, citing crude delivery instability and government pressure on fuel margins. The…
Greece to tighten wind farm siting rules as renewable pipeline grows
Greece’s Ministry of Environment and Energy is preparing stricter spatial planning rules for wind power, with proposed limits on turbine siting in mountainous areas, major tourist…
Croatia’s CROPEX activity rises in April 2026 as electricity prices fall across day-ahead and intraday markets
Electricity trading on Croatia’s CROPEX totaled 1,179,096.4 MWh in April 2026, up 19.1% from March. The increase came alongside lower prices across both day-ahead and intraday…