SALES OF ELECTRICITY FROM COGENERATION PLANTS, ON ORGANIZED MARKETS IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE

Volatile energy prices in the past period, force countries and their market parti-cipants to find alternative and cheaper sources of electricity production, while respecting defined environmental principles. Serbia is one of the rare European countries that uses its reserves of dissolved gas in the heat and electricity produc-tion. Combined heat and power plants, although in an almost negligible amount, contribute to the diversification of Serbia's production mix. With the presence of organized markets and local power exchanges, sale of electricity from combined heat and power plants is guaranteed for all producers who do not meet the condi-tions for acquiring the right to feed-in tariffs. The aim of this paper is to analyze the most profitable sale on the power exchanges of the domestic market and the region, specifically the markets of Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, and Bul-garia. The calculation methodology itself implies the use of average monthly price value for the observed markets, in the period of the past three years and nine months. In addition to the aforementioned, the costs of cross-border capaci-ties were considered. In order to have a clearer overview of the results and the possibility of applying the methodology, the amount for calculation is 1 MWh. Costs and revenues related to negative and positive balance energy deviations are excluded from the analysis. Results showed that sale of electricity is most profitable on Serbian power exchange.