The share of renewables in all four Visegrad countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; also V4 countries) is one of the lowest in EU-28 and well below the EU average. Energy policy designers...
The former CEO of Hungary’s state energy giant, MVM, was sentenced to five years in jail at the end of February. István Kocsis and his accomplices also have to repay 2 billion Hungarian forints...
Immense background radiation, high activity waste in the storages, toxic waste leakage into the ground water - such news got through to us from several sources apropos of the waste disposal facility...
Hungary is home to a number of nuclear facilities. While the Paks nuclear power plant is known to everybody, the nuclear disposal site in Püspökszilágy is less recognized. Besides, there are several...
A new study, launched today during the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, finds that revolving doors in Europe are a widespread phenomenon. Although the research is far from being exhaustive, only in...
The 5th Interregional Exchange Event of the REBUS project was organized on the 31st of January and 1st of February 2018 in Krakow, Poland, gathering representatives from 8 EU countries to jointly...
Energiaklub and Greenpeace Hungary submitted an appeal against the environmental license of the Paks II project as the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) used as a basis for the license is missing key...
The recent decision of the European commission confirms that the planned Paks II nuclear investment involves state aid. This means that the government needs to devote hundreds, possibly that thousands...
Our latest study by the Corruption Research Center Budapest (CRCB) explores what is known as the MET-case, based on documents, company data, media publications and interviews performed during the...
We have been working for twenty-five years towards a climate- and people-friendly, green and democratic energy system in Hungary. Twenty-five years is a long time. We saw prime ministers and state...
Leading energy experts, professors and researchers presented their views and energy models regarding future energy visions and roadmaps at the workshop organised by Energiaklub Climate Policy...
This morning, the premises of Energiaklub Climate Policy Institute were searched by the inspectors of the National Tax and Customs Authority. The search came without warning and was entirely...