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 scheme to stimulate solar energy production on buildings owned by individuals and NGOs.
See the revised Austrian plan: https://aeur.eu/f/841
Slovenia. To comply with the objectives of the ‘REPowerEU’ strategy, the revised Slovenian plan, which includes two reforms and four investments, aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of the country’s economy, strengthen the energy distribution network and stimulate clean mobility in both the public and private sectors. It has a budget of €2.16 billion, of which €550 million is in the form of loans.
Further information on the revised Slovenian plan (in Slovenian): https://aeur.eu/f/844 and https://aeur.eu/f/845 (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)