This paper examines the current status and future prospects of nuclear energy in the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). All four countries recognize the importance of decarbonizing the energy system, the ...
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Decommissioning of nuclear power plants are very costly. In most of the countries using nuclear capacities for electricity production, the dismantling of nuclear waste is financed by a nuclear fund. Due to the fact that the decommissioning and the safety ...
Approved in 2011, Hungary’s National Energy Strategy picked the ideal electricity mix over the next 20 years. The Energy Strategy analysed several power plant scenarios for the period until 2030, and determined that the so-called nuclear-coal-green ...
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The agreement concluded by the Russian and Hungarian government on 14. 01. 2014. concerning the capacity replacement marks the starting point of a project which will redefine the Hungarian electricity market. The replacement project may be the greatest ...
Our analysis gives useful and rich supplement for the upcoming debate about nuclear power plant development: how do schedule and budget overruns or other construction risks affect costs based on international experiences.
The European Electricity Market Model (EEMM) – is further developed by REKK in 2011-2012 – now covers the whole European region, including not only the generation side, but also the transmission network developments. The newly upgraded model is applied ...




