In 2017 January, extremly high prices were observed in the Hungarian power exchange. On 11 January, the baseload power price was traded on 300 €/MWh in some hours, while in the neighboring countries – except for Serbia and Croatia – prices were floating ...

Reservoirs for the transient storage of water in order to lower river flood peaks would usually be built on farmland and used in case of a serious flood event. Farmers’ willingness to have their lands included in a reservoir critically depends on the ...

Local urban planning has become concerned over clean energy technologies development on greenfield land that may lead to competition in land use. Solar photovoltaic systems on agriculture land is an indicative example of this disputed strategy. At the ...

The deviation between the Hungarian statistical figures of forest biomass supply and consumption – the difference valued roughly at 70 bn HUF – is known for a long time. The recalculation of firewood volume used by households, now based on consumption ...

The paper analyses the effects of Nord Stream 2 on the wholesale natural gas prices of European countries and the European gas market competition. We also assess the effect of this new infrastructure on the planned PCI projects of Central and Eastern ...

This paper presents the results of a coordinated modelling assessment that incorporates European energy efficiency and renewable policies with two potential gas market scenarios. First, the impact of EU energy efficiency and renewable policies on natural ...

Increasing renewable-based district heating could contribute significantly to the renewable target achievements of Central and Eastern European Member States with significant shares of district heating in their heat markets. These countries face dual ...

The better use of thermal reserves raises the question of the regulation of scarce natural resources. First, the heat current of subterranean water bodies is limited, second, the amount of water is scarce. The water may be used to transfer heat (energy) ...

The policy brief assesses the possibilities and the regulatory costs of integrating several thousand MWs of intermittent renewable power generating capacities to the Hungarian grid.

The workshop included three sessions of specific thematic focus. The first session provided the "regional picture" with forecasts on the development of the energy and power systems in the western Balkans. The second session discussed case studies on low ...