BEF 2025: Digitalization, open markets, time are major preconditions for flexibility services mainstreaming
The panel called Market Flexibility: The Backbone of a Resilient Energy System was one of the eight sessions at Belgrade Energy Forum 2025
Negative prices threaten future payments to Greek renewable energy producers
Greece’s special account for renewables, which covers support payments to renewable energy producers, turned positive again in 2024 after years of instability. The account is currently manageable, according to data from the Renewable Energy Sources Operator & Guarantees of Origin (DAPEEP). The update is bringing certainty to the market and reassures investors that their power […]
Episodes of negative power prices in Slovenia, Romania spread to workdays
Romania and Slovenia are experiencing the first episodes of negative day-ahead power prices on workdays, as the phenomenon used to occur only on holidays and weekends
Greece’s IPTO connects to balancing energy platform PICASSO
The Independent Power Transmission Operator of Greece has joined PICASSO, soon after ESO, its counterpart in neighboring Bulgaria
2024, record year for EU power sector – wholesale electricity prices decreased by 16%
Power demand didn’t pick up since the crisis primarily due to low industrial consumption, according to Eurelectric
Day-ahead electricity price in Greece slumps to near zero at night for first time
In Greece's day-ahead electricity market, the price tumbled to almost zero for the first time for a nighttime hourly segment
Negative electricity prices lower bills for households in Europe
Data for the first six months of 2024 showed that consumers with dynamic tariffs paid up to 34% less for electricity than the average price on the EEX
Western Balkans face tight electricity market coupling deadlines
Market coupling is the first task in the Western Balkans energy transition and their main condition to be exempted from CBAM, panelists said at Belgrade Energy Forum