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Their core work

Security Coordination Centre SCC is a Belgrade-based private company specialising in electricity grid security and cross-border coordination for transmission system operators (TSOs) in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Their practical work sits at the intersection of power system operations, renewable energy integration, and electricity market mechanisms — helping TSOs and grid operators manage the technical and commercial challenges that arise when variable renewables flow across national borders. In both H2020 projects they contributed to designing and testing frameworks for coordinated grid management, storage dispatch, and market-based congestion solutions across Eastern European transmission zones. Their name — "Security Coordination Centre" — refers to energy system security in the technical power-systems sense, not cybersecurity.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first project (CROSSBOW, 2017–2022), the focus was on the physical and operational challenge: how do you coordinate cross-border flows of variable renewables and storage between Eastern European TSOs, especially where grid infrastructure and regulatory frameworks differ? By the second project (TRINITY, 2019–2023), the emphasis had shifted toward the market layer — transmission enhancement through intelligent market technology, with NEMO integration and congestion-management pricing mechanisms becoming central. This signals a maturation from operational coordination toward market-design and commercial frameworks for cross-border capacity. The consistent thread across both periods is the Eastern European regional context and the TSO as the primary institutional actor they work with or alongside.

They are moving up the value chain from physical grid coordination toward electricity market design — a direction that will remain in demand as Eastern European markets deepen integration with the EU internal energy market.

How they like to work

SCC has participated exclusively as a consortium partner across both projects, never as coordinator — consistent with a specialist contributor role rather than a project-management hub. Both projects were large Innovation Actions with wide consortia (42 unique partners across 15 countries), suggesting they are comfortable operating inside complex multi-partner arrangements where their contribution is well-scoped. This profile suits organisations that want a focused Eastern European TSO-coordination expert without needing them to manage the full project.

SCC has built connections with 42 distinct consortium partners across 15 countries, a notably broad network relative to only two projects — reflecting the large pan-European consortia typical of transmission system innovation actions. Their partnerships span Eastern and Western European TSOs, research institutes, and market operators, with a likely concentration in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe given the explicit Eastern-Europe keyword.

What sets them apart

SCC occupies a rare niche as a Serbian private company with direct H2020 Innovation Action experience in TSO coordination and electricity market mechanisms — most organisations in this space are either large utilities, national TSOs themselves, or Western European research institutes. Their position in Belgrade gives them credibility and access in the Western Balkans energy community, a region currently undergoing Energy Community Treaty alignment with EU electricity market rules. For a consortium needing a knowledgeable partner who can bridge Eastern European grid realities with EU regulatory frameworks, SCC is a specific and non-obvious choice.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CROSSBOW
  Their largest project by funding (€664,491) and the foundational one establishing their profile in cross-border RES and storage coordination across Eastern European TSOs.
• TRINITY
  Demonstrates evolution into electricity market intelligence and NEMO integration, showing SCC can engage with both technical grid operations and commercial market-design questions.