An energy balance model (EBM) is developed by augmenting a carbon–climate module found in Dynamic Integrated Climate and Economy to include a land carbon pool in addition to three other pools. The land pool allows us to examine the impact of potential ...

Electricity prices in Central and South-Eastern Europe exhibited extreme divergence during the summer of 2024, followed by a period in which price differentials remained persistently higher than in Western Europe. This paper investigates the extent to ...

AggregateEU is a new centralised mechanism that provides a no-commitment platform to trade natural gas in the European Union. Throughout the consultation process, AggregateEU has been mocked as ‘Tinder of the European gas markets’ as it helps consumers ...

This paper reviews a secretive Joint Statement (JS) on Gas Supply Security to Central and Eastern Europe that was signed in Washington, D. C. , on 24 February 2026 on the sidelines of meetings organised by the White House, its ‘National Energy Dominance ...

The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly tangible in forests: more extreme weather, increasing drought risk, the appearance of invasive pests and species, the increase in forest fires, and the change and deterioration of the production ...

Efforts to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian energy following the invasion of Ukraine have left significant vulnerabilities within the continent’s energy system. Hungary has emerged as one of the final strongholds of Russian energy influence in ...

This study explores the uncertainty in the production and consumption data of solid biomass for energy by comparing sources from the Joint Research Centre wood resource balances and uses from the Eurostat energy balances. It uses the Visegrad Four (V4) ...

Energy poverty has emerged as one of the major socio-economic challenges in Central Europe over the past few years. While the phenomenon was already present especially among specific vulnerable groups prior to 2021, the combination of an unprecedented ...

Since 2022, the topic of energy security has returned to the debate in the EU and in Central Europe, including in the Visegrad Four (V4) countries. This is mainly due to the growing challenges and risks arising from Russia’s war against Ukraine, Russia’s ...

The study aims to compare V4 industry subsectors and identify the most promising for renewables cooperation, investment and development. This is based on publicly available industry data that is consistent across V4 countries, which is rather limited to ...