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A resilient WB6 grid — connected, secure, and market-ready

GridConnect Western Balkans 6 is a fictional €600 million EU project concept to strengthen cross-border transmission, harmonise grid operation, and support regional electricity market integration across the Western Balkans 6 (WB6).

Budget

€600 million

CAPEX + capacity building

Project Director

Mr. Goran Tesla

Programme leadership (fictional)

Countries

WB6

TSOs, regulators, DSOs

Project overview Participating countries Delivery plan

WB6 coverage: Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. All content is illustrative.

Interconnector topology (schematic)

Illustrative routing between WB6 nodes and an EU tie-in point.

Schematic topology diagram of WB6 interconnectors

Focus areas: 400kV links, substation upgrades, protection coordination, and regional control-room interoperability.

Why interconnect?

Stronger interconnection supports security of supply, enables renewable integration, and reduces congestion costs by allowing power to flow where it is needed.

Higher transfer capacity and redundancy across borders
Common operating procedures and coordinated outages
Modern protection, SCADA/EMS interoperability, and cyber resilience

Investment logic

Funding blends construction with institutional strengthening to accelerate delivery and sustain operations after commissioning.

Component	Share	Examples
Transmission CAPEX	70%	Lines, substations, FACTS devices
Digital & operations	15%	EMS/SCADA, synchrophasors, DR
Market & training	10%	Balancing, capacity allocation, academy
Safeguards & PMO	5%	E&S, procurement oversight, audits