RTB Solar PV Asset Valuations - CEFTA & Eastern Europe (H2 2024)

Critical Market Intelligence for Renewable Energy Professionals

The CEFTA & Eastern European solar PV market in H2 2024 presents the most heterogeneous valuation landscape in Europe, where mature markets faced dramatic corrections while emerging economies showed resilience. Unlike the uniform regional trends seen elsewhere, this diverse region spanning seven countries revealed how market maturity, grid constraints, and regulatory sophistication create vastly different investor experiences. The data exposes a critical paradox: the most developed markets experienced the steepest valuation declines as success bred new challenges.

This analysis provides definitive benchmarking data for RTB solar PV asset valuations across Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and Moldova - markets representing over 27,000 MWp of operational solar capacity where billions of euros in investment decisions require nuanced understanding of each country's unique risk-return profile.

🇵🇱 Poland: Regional Giant Facing Scale Challenges

Europe's fastest-growing solar market with 18,000 MWp operational capacity

Buyer Expectations: €52,800-€97,800/MWp

Seller Expectations: €113,800-€204,040/MWp

Transaction Range: €77,755-€136,320/MWp

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Market Reality: Poland demonstrates the extreme consequences of rapid success, with buyer expectations crashing 36.1% from H1 2024 levels (€121,700/MWp to €77,755/MWp). The €81,085/MWp gap between buyer and seller mid-points represents a staggering 104.3% difference - more than double and the widest in the region. Despite this massive disconnect, transactions achieve 35.5% premiums above buyer expectations, indicating selective deal flow for projects with secured grid access. With 18,000 MWp operational and 10,000 MWp in development, Poland's explosive growth has rapidly exhausted grid capacity, creating 3-5 year connection delays that now define project viability.

🇭🇺 Hungary: Regulatory Reversal Creating Uncertainty

4,000 MWp operational capacity with sophisticated METÁR auction scheme

Buyer Expectations: €78,000-€103,000/MWp

Seller Expectations: €140,500-€165,500/MWp

Transaction Range: €90,480-€146,750/MWp

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Market Reality: Hungary experienced a 36.5% collapse in buyer expectations from H1 2024 (€142,500/MWp to €90,480/MWp), matching Poland's dramatic decline despite different underlying causes. The €62,520/MWp gap represents a 69.1% difference between buyer and seller mid-points, creating severe transaction friction. Deals complete 29.6% above buyer expectations, reflecting the premium required to navigate Hungary's increasingly complex regulatory environment. Recent capacity caps and market restrictions have transformed investor perceptions, turning a previously favored market into one requiring careful regulatory risk assessment.

🇷🇴 Romania: Steady Growth Amid Regional Turbulence

2,000 MWp operational with ambitious 1,500 MWp development pipeline

Buyer Expectations: €38,500-€92,300/MWp

Seller Expectations: €85,000-€148,507/MWp

Transaction Range: €66,855-€102,129/MWp

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Market Reality: Romania stands out with remarkable stability, showing only an 8.9% decline in buyer expectations from H1 2024 (€73,400/MWp to €66,855/MWp) - the smallest adjustment in the region. The €45,104/MWp gap represents a significant but manageable 67.5% difference between mid-points. Transactions achieve 28.3% premiums above buyer expectations, indicating healthy deal flow supported by Romania's improving CfD framework and highest regional growth ratio (0.75x development-to-operational). This resilience positions Romania as the region's most stable investment environment.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Market Alignment After Historical Volatility

2,000 MWp operational capacity with streamlined regulatory approach

Buyer Expectations: €67,300-€72,300/MWp

Seller Expectations: €82,300-€126,560/MWp

Transaction Range: €69,750-€86,470/MWp

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Market Reality: Bulgaria achieved the region's best buyer-seller alignment, with the gap between mid-points at just 30.0% - the narrowest across all seven markets. Buyer expectations declined a moderate 15.5% from H1 2024 (€82,500/MWp to €69,750/MWp), while transactions command only 10.5% premiums above buyer expectations. This exceptional alignment reflects a market that has absorbed historical policy volatility and achieved stability through hard-learned experience. Bulgaria's streamlined permitting (2-3 years) and contained transaction premiums make it the region's most efficient market for deal execution.

🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina: Emerging Market Premium

300 MWp operational in complex governance environment

Buyer Expectations: €79,100-€119,100/MWp

Seller Expectations: €123,200-€150,000/MWp

Transaction Range: €99,130-€130,691/MWp

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Market Reality: Bosnia & Herzegovina commands the region's highest buyer expectations at €99,130/MWp mid-point, declining only 15.9% from H1 2024. The €39,052/MWp gap represents a 39.4% difference between mid-points - the most contained in the region after Bulgaria. Transactions achieve 18.3% premiums above buyer expectations, indicating efficient deal flow despite complex governance structures. The positive Q1 2025 projection (+0.9%) makes Bosnia & Herzegovina the only market expecting valuation improvement, reflecting growing confidence in its development trajectory.

🇲🇰 North Macedonia: EU Accession Driving Investment

500 MWp operational with 300 MWp development pipeline

Buyer Expectations: €73,200-€98,133/MWp

Seller Expectations: €115,333-€138,280/MWp

Transaction Range: €86,453-€121,304/MWp

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Market Reality: North Macedonia shows a significant but manageable 18.7% decline in buyer expectations from H1 2024 (€106,400/MWp to €86,453/MWp). The €40,821/MWp gap represents a 47.2% difference between mid-points, while transactions achieve 20.1% premiums above buyer expectations. As part of its EU accession process, North Macedonia is actively aligning energy legislation with EU requirements, creating an increasingly structured development framework that supports sustained investor interest despite implementation challenges.

🇲🇩 Moldova: Frontier Market with Growing Pains

200 MWp operational capacity in nascent market

Buyer Expectations: €68,983-€74,108/MWp

Seller Expectations: €84,358-€129,724/MWp

Transaction Range: €71,494-€88,632/MWp

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Market Reality: Moldova experienced a moderate 17.5% decline in buyer expectations from H1 2024 (€86,625/MWp to €71,494/MWp), but faces the region's steepest projected Q1 2025 decline (-26.6% to €52,500/MWp). The €21,412/MWp gap represents a contained 30.0% difference between mid-points, with transactions achieving modest 10.5% premiums. As the region's most nascent market, Moldova offers frontier market potential but requires long investment horizons to navigate its evolving regulatory framework and infrastructure constraints.

International RTB Market Comparisons

Market Maturity Paradox: Success Breeds Complexity

Critical Finding: The region reveals a counterintuitive pattern where more mature markets experienced the steepest valuation corrections:

Mature Market Corrections:

• Poland: 36.1% decline (grid saturation effects)
• Hungary: 36.5% decline (regulatory policy reversals)

Emerging Market Stability:

• Romania: 8.9% decline (regulatory framework maturing)
• Bulgaria: 15.5% decline (post-volatility stabilization)
• Bosnia & Herzegovina: 15.9% decline (early-stage premium)

Strategic Insight: Market sophistication creates new challenges as rapid deployment outpaces infrastructure and regulatory adaptation, while emerging markets benefit from learning from their predecessors' experiences.

Extreme Valuation Gaps: Transaction Friction Indicators

Buyer-Seller Misalignment Reveals Market Stress:

• Poland: 104.3% gap (extreme transaction friction)
• Hungary: 69.1% gap (regulatory uncertainty impact)
• Romania: 67.5% gap (moderate alignment challenges)
• North Macedonia: 47.2% gap (emerging market typical)
• Bosnia & Herzegovina: 39.4% gap (governance complexity)
• Bulgaria: 30.0% gap (exceptional alignment)
• Moldova: 30.0% gap (early-stage market efficiency)

Transaction Impact: Despite wide gaps, deals continue completing with premiums ranging from 10.5% (Bulgaria, Moldova) to 35.5% (Poland), indicating persistent but selective transaction activity across all markets.

Regional Capacity Distribution: Scale vs. Growth Potential

Development-to-Operational Ratios Reveal Growth Strategies:

• Romania: 0.75x (highest growth ambitions)
• Poland: 0.56x (massive scale with continued expansion)
• North Macedonia: 0.6x (emerging market acceleration)
• Hungary, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova: 0.5x each (steady growth trajectory)

Investment Implication: Poland's dominance (67% of regional operational capacity) creates concentration risk, while Romania's aggressive growth ratio and North Macedonia's emerging market dynamics offer diversification opportunities.

Grid Infrastructure: The Universal Constraint

Connection Delays Creating Value Segmentation:

• Poland: 3-5 years (crisis-level congestion from rapid growth)
• Hungary: 3-5 years (grid modernization lagging deployment)
• Romania: 2-4 years (better managed but regional variation)
• Bulgaria: 2-4 years (emerging congestion in solar-dense regions)
• Bosnia & Herzegovina: 2-4 years (aging infrastructure needs)
• North Macedonia: 3-4 years (limited capacity, modernization required)
• Moldova: 3-5 years (fundamental infrastructure constraints)

Critical Success Factor: Projects with secured grid connections command premiums often exceeding 100% over those awaiting connection, making grid access the primary value determinant across the region.

BESS Integration: Different Strategies Emerging

Storage Integration Strategies Reflect Market Needs:

• Bosnia & Herzegovina: 53% BESS-to-solar ratio (system optimization focus)
• Moldova: 50% BESS-to-solar ratio (grid reliability imperative)
• Romania: 33% BESS-to-solar ratio (growth market integration)
• North Macedonia: 33% BESS-to-solar ratio (comprehensive system planning)
• Hungary, Bulgaria: 20% BESS-to-solar ratio each (selective deployment)
• Poland: 15% BESS-to-solar ratio (scale challenges limiting integration)

Strategic Insight: Smaller markets show higher BESS-to-solar ratios, suggesting greater emphasis on system integration despite earlier development stages - potentially learning from larger markets' grid constraint experiences.

What This Summary Doesn't Show

The complete H2 2024 report, and new Q1 2025 reports include deeper insights and critical intelligence:

• Graphical examples showing buy-side expectations, sell-side expectations, and typical transaction ranges
• Identifying key asset owners in relevant markets
• Permitting efficiency analysis by region and project type
• Corporate PPA market pricing evolution and offtaker appetite
• Market opportunities in countries unique market structures
• EU accession impact analysis for Western Balkan countries
• Solar cannibalization quantification in mature markets

Critical Market Update: H2 2024 to Q1 2025

⚠️ Important: These valuations reflect H2 2024 market conditions during a period of significant regional divergence. The market has continued evolving:

• Supply and demand shifts
• New auction mechanisms
• Grid infrastructure developments
• Corporate PPA market expansion

Our Q1 2025 reports capture the latest post-adjustment market dynamics with updated valuations reflecting continued regional divergence.

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