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Is EPS lagging behind regional power utilities? Execution, not ambition, is the core gap Read More »

Is EPS lagging behind regional power utilities? Execution, not ambition, is the core gap

When measured against its regional peers, Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is increasingly lagging—not in stated ambition, but in execution speed, project scale, and repeatable delivery capacity. The contrast is clearest in renewables, flexibility, and grid-linked investments, where neighbouring utilities have moved from planning into multi-year construction cycles, while EPS is only beginning to transition from feasibility-heavy portfolios into first […]

Serbia: EPS’s €3.6 billion investment plan reflects reduced ambition and uncertain execution Read More »

Serbia: EPS’s €3.6 billion investment plan reflects reduced ambition and uncertain execution

Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has revised the scale of its much-publicised investment programme, clarifying that the planned capital envelope amounts to €3.6 billion over the next three years. While the figure is far more realistic in macroeconomic terms, the underlying issue remains unchanged: the gap between announced investment plans and visible execution on the

Serbia: Solar-plus-storage platform emerges as a system-scale energy asset Read More »

Serbia: Solar-plus-storage platform emerges as a system-scale energy asset

A close Serbian analogue to the Masdar–EPCG concept in Montenegro is the strategic partnership under which EPS Elektroprivreda Srbije and the Hyundai Engineering–UGT Renewables consortium agreed on a state-led rollout of utility-scale solar generation paired with battery storage. The structure is explicitly designed as a self-balancing renewable platform, with construction and initial operation led by the consortium, followed

EPS between reversible hydropower and gas plants: Flagship projects that never cross the point of no return Read More »

EPS between reversible hydropower and gas plants: Flagship projects that never cross the point of no return

Within EPS power utility company the story of repeated feasibility does not stop with classical hydropower. It becomes even more pronounced when looking at projects explicitly designed to solve Serbia’s most visible system weaknesses: flexibility, balancing and security of supply. Reversible hydropower and gas-fired generation have been identified for more than a decade as strategic answers

Serbia: EPS launches €650,000 tender to map coal mining strategy through 2035 and beyond Read More »

Serbia: EPS launches €650,000 tender to map coal mining strategy through 2035 and beyond

Serbian state-owned power utility EPS has launched a tender to prepare a comprehensive long-term coal extraction program, defining operational plans up to 2035 and development projections extending to mid-century. The assignment, valued at around €650,000, is divided into two segments covering the Kolubara and Kostolac coal basins, with the objective of establishing a unified development

Financing Serbia’s energy future: How EPS is structuring loans, investments and multi-billion-euro CAPEX to rebuild and transform the power system Read More »

Financing Serbia’s energy future: How EPS is structuring loans, investments and multi-billion-euro CAPEX to rebuild and transform the power system

The narrative of EPS’s financial and operational stabilisation is inseparable from the utility’s evolving capital-expenditure (CAPEX) and financing strategy. After years of emergency borrowing, reactive repair spending and short-tenor loans, EPS is now managing a deliberate, long-horizon investment pipeline totalling several billion euros. These investments are structured not as ad-hoc line items but as a

EPS as Serbia’s strategic energy anchor: Production, exports, financial recovery and macro-economic role Read More »

EPS as Serbia’s strategic energy anchor: Production, exports, financial recovery and macro-economic role

Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) today stands as the central pillar of Serbia’s energy system, emblematic of the transition from crisis-mode operations to stable, strategic utility performance underpinning macroeconomic stability, export earnings and industrial competitiveness. After the volatility of the early 2020s — characterised by deteriorating hydrology, rising import requirements and high European wholesale prices — EPS

EPS – Between promises and reality Read More »

EPS – Between promises and reality

Elektroprivreda Srbije has in the past several years lived through a turbulent period full of major promises, political announcements, strategic plans and serious challenges. EPS promised modernization, increased production, stable supply, energy transition, investment in new capacities, better environmental performance and financial stability. At the same time, Serbia confronted a European energy crisis, climate pressure,

Serbia: EPS enters winter with stable output and strong profits, highlights environmental progress Read More »

Serbia: EPS enters winter with stable output and strong profits, highlights environmental progress

Serbian state-owned power utility EPS has entered the winter period with stable coal output and electricity generation, setting the stage for a profitable year in 2025, according to company director Dušan Živković. He emphasized that both households and businesses can rely on a secure and uninterrupted electricity supply, as EPS’ production fleet is fully capable

EPS at the limits: Balancing congestion, renewable variability and the coming structural break in Serbia’s power system Read More »

EPS at the limits: Balancing congestion, renewable variability and the coming structural break in Serbia’s power system

Serbia’s electricity system is approaching a moment of structural tension that is no longer a distant or speculative threat. It is unfolding now, in real time, in the daily dispatch decisions of operators, in the widening gap between generation capabilities and system needs, and in the increasingly visible fragility of balancing mechanisms that once seemed

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