Independent technical preparation supporting EU-accredited verifiers, EU importers, and non-EU exporters is becoming a defining enabler of CBAM compliance in the energy and power-intensive sectors. As CBAM progresses from transitional reporting into a regime with direct financial and customs consequences, electricity generation, grid-connected industry, and energy-intensive manufacturing are emerging as the areas where technical readiness...
From an investor perspective, Serbia’s power sector presents scale and growth potential, but also a layered risk profile shaped by legacy infrastructure, evolving market rules and system constraints. Total installed renewable capacity has reached approximately 3.9 GW, reflecting a 22 percent year-on-year increase and a 36 percent expansion over the past decade. Achieving the 45 percent renewable electricity share by...
Energy has become one of the most strategically sensitive components of Serbia’s EU accession process, not because of legislative transposition alone, but because electricity markets now function as a real-world test of regulatory discipline, institutional independence and economic resilience. Chapters related to energy, competition, climate policy and state aid converge in the power sector, making...
Energy has become one of the most strategically sensitive components of Serbia’s EU accession process, not because of legislative transposition alone, but because electricity markets now function as a real-world test of regulatory discipline, institutional independence and economic resilience. Chapters related to energy, competition, climate policy and state aid converge in the power sector, making...
Energy has become one of the most strategically sensitive components of Serbia’s EU accession process, not because of legislative transposition alone, but because electricity markets now function as a real-world test of regulatory discipline, institutional independence and economic resilience. Chapters related to energy, competition, climate policy and state aid converge in the power sector, making...
Europe’s chemical and materials refining sector is entering a phase of structural transformation driven less by expansion and more by environmental constraint. Across metals, battery materials, specialty chemicals, fertilizers, and advanced materials, operators are being forced to redesign core processes under tighter emissions limits, stricter water rules, complex waste obligations, and rising carbon costs. The...
Europe’s push to secure lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel, magnesium, and advanced battery materials is increasingly constrained by processing capacity, engineering depth, regulatory friction, and cost structures rather than by geology. While mining debates dominate headlines, the real structural weakness lies in the midstream—the refining, conversion, and conditioning stages that turn raw inputs into industrial-grade materials.In...
Europe’s raw-material exposure is most often framed as a geopolitical risk, focused on access to iron ore, aluminium, copper, lithium, or rare earths. For industrial operators and investors, however, the more immediate constraint is not where materials are mined, but where and how they are processed into certified industrial inputs at acceptable cost and risk....
Europe’s electricity transition has moved beyond the phase where policy ambition or capital availability are the main obstacles. Investment is secured, with annual grid CAPEX on track to reach €110–130 billion by the late 2020s. Yet across the continent, project delays, rising EPC risk premiums, and growing OEM backlogs reveal a deeper issue. The constraint...
Europe’s mining sector is quietly undergoing a structural transformation. The driver isn’t short-term commodity prices but the intersection of capital intensity, regulatory pressure, geopolitical risk, and engineering capacity. As Europe modernizes legacy mines, electrifies fleets, and implements stricter environmental and safety standards, mining original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face delivery challenges that globalized supply chains alone...
