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In this section we are bringing you most topical issues and news related to the SET Plan - Central European Energy Conference 2017 and energy policy and energy security in general.

Green energies need investment, standardized storage solutions and smart grids.

In the last three years, Horizon 2020 will allocate €2 billion to decarbonizing buildings, renewables, storage solutions and electromobility.

The European Commission fears that capacity mechanisms would just translate into subsidies for coal power plants. Therefore, installations exceeding emission limits should not take part in support schemes, according to a proposal under the Energy Union’s Winter Package. EurActiv Czech Republic reports.

Our media partner EurActiv.sk has prepared an issue of the „EurActiv Special“ dedicated to the conference SET Plan 2016 – CEEC X. Read their articles in Slovak. English version of the report will be released in January 2017.

Western companies should participate in managing the Ukrainian gas transit system, German Energy Envoy Peter Fischer told EurActiv Slovakia at the SET Plan – Central European Energy Conference X in Bratislava.

Current market failures are well identified in the Winter Package. However, we feel that some of the proposals do not match the reality, Maciej Burny told EurActiv Slovakia.