ELEKTROENERGETSKI KOORDINACIONI CENTAR DOO

Their core work

EKC (Elektroenergetski Koordinacioni Centar) is a Serbian private company specializing in electricity market coordination and power system operations. They work on balancing, redispatching, and flexibility solutions for European transmission grids — essentially helping TSOs (Transmission System Operators) and market participants trade electricity more efficiently across borders. Their core contribution lies in designing market mechanisms and planning tools that integrate renewable energy sources into existing transmission and distribution infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

EKC's early H2020 work (2016–2018) centered on electricity balancing, cross-border trading, and broad energy transition questions — essentially how to make European power markets work better. By 2019–2023, their focus shifted noticeably toward transmission infrastructure planning, TSO-level coordination, and integrating renewables into market structures. This evolution shows a move from market mechanism design toward the harder physical-grid questions of where to build, how to plan, and how to accommodate variable generation at the transmission level.

EKC is moving from pure market design toward integrated grid-and-market planning, positioning them well for the growing European challenge of transmission capacity for renewables.

How they like to work

EKC always participates as a partner, never as a coordinator, which is typical for a specialized technical contributor embedded in larger consortia. With 96 unique partners across 19 countries from just 4 projects, they operate in large, pan-European consortia — these are major energy system projects with broad participation. This suggests they are a trusted domain expert brought in for specific electricity market and grid expertise rather than a project driver.

EKC has built an extensive network of 96 partners across 19 countries through just 4 projects, reflecting participation in large-scale European energy system initiatives. Their network spans the EU energy research landscape, with connections likely concentrated among TSOs, energy research institutes, and market operators across Western and Southeastern Europe.

What sets them apart

EKC brings a rare perspective as a Serbian electricity coordination specialist in EU-funded energy projects — bridging Western European grid standards with Southeastern European market realities. Their combination of market design expertise and grid planning knowledge is uncommon; most organizations specialize in one or the other. For consortium builders, EKC offers practical experience with cross-border energy challenges at the EU periphery, where integration is most complex and politically relevant.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FutureFlow
  Their first and highest-funded H2020 project (EUR 995,662), focused on designing practical eTrading solutions for electricity balancing across European borders.
• TRINITY
  Second-largest funding (EUR 972,736) and directly addressed TSO-level market intelligence at regional borders — the core of EKC's identity as a coordination center.
• OSMOSE
  Tackled the system-level question of optimal flexibility mixes for European electricity, placing EKC in one of the most strategic energy transition discussions.