Romania could remain without generation from the Cernavoda nuclear power plant until late September, increasing reliance on thermal plants, renewables and imports as the country approaches…
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Record-low water levels on the Danube forced Budapest’s Kelenfoldi power plant to carry out emergency dredging to maintain access to cooling and raw water, highlighting the…
Record-low Danube levels are turning drought from a predominantly hydropower problem into a broader electricity-system risk across Southeast Europe, after falling river levels forced nuclear output…
Extreme heat and exceptionally low Danube flows are tightening electricity supply across Southeast Europe, curbing nuclear and hydro generation and increasing dependence on fossil plants and…
The summer of 2026 has turned hydrology from an operating variable into a regional energy-security concern. Serbia’s Đerdap 1, the country’s largest hydropower plant, was producing…
Romania is preparing for the possible shutdown of Cernavoda nuclear power plant’s unit 2 as drought-driven declines in the Danube threaten the reactor’s cooling-water supply. Operator…
The Danube is no longer only a navigation route and hydropower resource. Record-low water levels have turned the river into a regional energy constraint affecting nuclear…
The regional drought is simultaneously affecting hydropower, nuclear cooling, coal generation and fuel logistics. Danube discharge along the Bulgarian section was approximately 1,617–1,883 cubic metres per second…
