Digging for megawatts – coal mines, lignite basins and the future of thermal power in South-East Europe
While hydropower determines how fat the margins are in wet years, coal and lignite still determine whether the lights stay […]
While hydropower determines how fat the margins are in wet years, coal and lignite still determine whether the lights stay […]
Hydropower is still the quiet balance-sheet engine of the South-East European power system. While wind and solar dominate headlines, it
If operational stability defines the present of South-East Europe’s electricity utilities, investment and financing define their future. Across the region,
South-East Europe’s power utilities have moved from being passive state monopolies to becoming the most systemically influential corporates in their
The story of South-East Europe’s electricity markets in 2025 is essentially a story of a region learning to navigate a
For nearly two decades, Serbia carried a self-image that shaped politics, strategy and public psychology: the idea that it was
Integration does not always arrive with declarations, treaties or ceremonial signatures. Sometimes it arrives silently, through price synchronization, liquidity convergence,
Serbia’s electricity story in 2025 is not simply about megawatts, shortages, surpluses, or the occasional headline about emergency imports. It
Natural gas occupies a very particular place in Serbia’s 2025 energy story. It is neither as emotionally charged as electricity,
Oil rarely dominates Serbia’s public debate in the way electricity does. Power outages, hydropower droughts, EPS controversies and regional electricity
Oil occupies a profoundly different strategic place in Southeast Europe’s economic architecture compared with gas or electricity. Where electricity represents
Electricity pricing in Southeast Europe has never been a simple technical matter, but in 2025 and 2026 it becomes something