The energy crisis prompted the EU to seek closer ties with Azerbaijan. Here's why it's controversial
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‘Green’ Azeri energy isn’t a magic bullet for EU dependence on Russia, experts say.
The Hungarian government is convinced that nuclear power is the path to a green future. A new Russian reactor block is to be constructed that allegely guarantees low emissions and low energy prices.
10 March 2021 Hungary has become the seventh EU country to plan a coal phase-out by 2025, and the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phase-out plan after announcing it will bring forward the closure of its last coal generator and partially replace it with a solar farm. Hungary’s Secretary of State for the Development of Circular Economy, Energy and Climate Policy, Attila Steiner, announced at a meeting of the Powering Past Coal Alliance last week that Hungary would bring forward its coal phase-out plan by five years, from 2030 to 2025. The Hungarian President, János Áder, or...