Coal retirements in South-East Europe are progressing, but the grid’s operating logic is not being rebuilt at the same pace. A new wave of solar, wind and battery storage is increasingly being planned around thermal-era electrical footprints, shaping how flexibility is procured and delivered. An analysis by Electricity.Trade argues that this continuity can keep gas in the role of marginal balancing resource even as coal capacity falls and renewables expand.
Asset substitution over system redesign Across the region, the shift away from coal is described as asset substitution within an […]

