Trading
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…
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…
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…
SEE power markets rebound as wind drops, hydro weakens and nuclear availability tightens
Spot prices surged across much of Central and Southeast Europe as falling wind output, lower hydro contribution and tighter nuclear availability pushed the region back into…
SEE power trading is shifting from fuel curves to weather models
In South-East Europe, intraday price formation is increasingly driven by wind, solar and hydrology rather than traditional supply constraints. As renewable penetration rises, traders are treating…
Hybrid wind–solar–storage projects are becoming the new investment playbook in South-East Europe
South-East Europe’s renewable market is shifting from standalone wind, solar and battery add-ons toward integrated hybrid platforms. By 2026, the most financeable projects are increasingly those…
Can South-East Europe sidestep Western Europe’s renewable oversupply problem?
South-East Europe’s next phase of solar and wind buildout is starting to resemble the early warning signs seen in parts of Western Europe: midday price pressure,…