Gas market trends

14:00 - 17:00 CET

At our traditional autumn gas market workshop, we evaluate the events of the previous gas year and discuss the outlook for the coming year.

Decarbonization and Competitiveness - Securing the CEE's Industrial Future Amidst Volatile Energy Prices

9:15 - 15:00 CET, Regional Energy Policy Forum

The cost of energy impacts, among other factors, the competitiveness of industries and economies. The price paid by industrial consumers is not a direct derivative of wholesale market fundamentals but contains various additional elements such as the cost ...

The Visegrad Four countries’ energy challenges: A new gas reality, Households’ energy poverty and the Clean Industrial Deal

9:00 - 17:00 CET, V4ETTP Budapest Workshop, hybrid event

At the Budapest workshop of the V4 Energy Think Tank Platform (V4ETTP) we welcomed the government, industry and civil society representatives of the Visegrad Four countries to discuss the current energy market challenges in the V4 countries. This year’s ...

Lessons from the PICASSO platform and projected impacts for future accession countries

REKK Workshop, 15:00 - 17:00 CET

The launch of the PICASSO and MARI balancing energy platforms in 2022 marked a major milestone in the integration of European balancing energy markets. Since their introduction, despite facing various challenges, the balancing energy exchanges between ...

Beyond Batteries: Exploring Long-Duration Electricity Storage Solutions

Knowledge sharing between the United Kingdom and Hungary to enhance energy security, 14:00 - 16:30 CET

As the energy transition accelerates and variable renewable energy sources like wind and solar power expand rapidly, long-duration energy storage (LDES) is emerging as a critical solution. Technologies such as liquid air storage, compressed air storage ...

Electrification’s Impact on DSO Grid Development

9:00 - 13:30 Regional Energy Policy Forum

In our future economies, the role of electrification in achieving net-zero targets is unquestionable, but the challenges are immense. Eurelectric’s Grid for Speed study suggests that distribution grid investments need to double to cope with the massive ...

Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Droughts and Water Scarcity in Southeast Europe

9:00 - 11:00 REKK Workshop, online

Although South-East Europe (SEE) has traditionally been spared the challenges of severe water scarcity and drought, there is a growing trend of concern. Some areas are experiencing persistent water scarcity and droughts are becoming more frequent. Our ...

A multidirectional approach to energy poverty

14:00 - 16:30 BCE Research Seminar

The research seminar organized by REKK at Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE) aimed to bring together researchers from Hungarian academic groups working on energy poverty to discuss possible solutions to combat energy poverty by presenting the ...

Study on the wind power potential in Hungary

Within Europe as well as globally wind and solar energy are acknowledged as the key renewable energy sources for supplying our future demand for energy, done with proven and cost-effective conversion technologies that serve for the provision of ...

Forest biomass for decarbonisation

10:00 - 12:00, online

There has long been a debate on the extent to which forest biomass can be considered a renewable resource. The aim of this workshop is to discuss the role forests should play in today's climate and energy policy.