Tag Archives: electricity trading
Negative prices and renewable swings are forcing Southeast Europe to rethink electricity trading
Week 20 data across Southeast Europe showed wind-led price drops alongside collapsing hydropower and surging imports, underscoring how renewables are starting to drive price formation. The…
CBAM’s early impact is reshaping how electricity is traded in Southeastern Europe
Montenegro’s state utility EPCG reported that CBAM-related effects cut electricity export revenues by about €13 million in Q1 2026, even with strong hydrology and higher export…
CBAM to reshape SEE electricity trading into a carbon-adjusted market from 2026
Starting in 2026, EU-bound power from the Western Balkans will be priced not only by €/MWh, capacity and scarcity, but also by embedded CO₂ and national…
Electricity trading is becoming a carbon hedging business as CBAM and EU ETS reshape Balkan power markets
The relationship between electricity trading and carbon markets across South-East Europe is entering a fundamentally different phase. For years, Balkan power traders focused primarily on classic…
CBAM’s spillover into South-East Europe power trading: carbon intensity is becoming a market variable
Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is starting to influence electricity trading across South-East Europe by turning carbon intensity into a commercial factor. As a result, traditional…
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…
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 trading shifts from baseload to flexibility as wind and solar reshape prices
South-East Europe’s electricity markets are moving away from coal, nuclear and predictable hydrology toward a flexibility-led system where weather patterns increasingly drive intraday pricing, balancing needs…
CBAM and electricity: How carbon pricing is redrawing Balkan power flows
Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism is beginning to transform South-East Europe’s electricity market in ways that only a few years ago seemed politically and commercially improbable.…
Adriatic wind corridor reshapes power trading across South-East Europe
A fast-growing onshore wind corridor from the Adriatic through Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina into Serbia—and toward Romania—is changing how electricity moves, balances and prices across…