Europe’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development means that the EU must drive an energy transformation, but in Romania, inadequate financial support and a…
Renewable energy has gotten a bad rap in Latvia. Since the construction of hydroelectric power stations during the Soviet era to the recent installment of the first wind parks and…
By Juraj Melichar There is a sad joke in Slovakia that the country could become a museum for renewable energy sources (RES). Not because the Slovak physicist Aurel Stodola invented…
The story of Derelegyhaz, a town in southeastern Hungary, is one of the earliest and most inspiring examples of how EU Funds can develop and modernise village infrastructure. With the…
Germany pioneered broad support measures for renewable energy by the late 1990s. These measures, referred to as Energiewende or ‘energy transformation’, offer a valuable insight for other countries, which introduced…
(November 2018) SDG Watch Europe and the People’s Budget campaign sent a letter to the General Affairs Council calling for better sustainability safeguards in the future EU budget. Checking spending…