On Friday 14 July, Austria and Slovenia sent the European Commission their revised recovery plan, which includes a ‘REPowerEU’ chapter designed to accelerate the climate and energy transition.
Austria. With €3.75 billion in subsidies alone, the Austrian plan contains two new reforms, one aimed at streamlining the procedures for issuing permits for renewable energy production projects, and the other setting out a national strategy for hydrogen production. Also included is a new...