The purpose of the study was to evaluate the targets, measures and expected outcomes laid down in the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of EU member states belonging to the Danube Region (DR) (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia) and energy strategies of the non-EU Danube Region countries where NECPs are in progress (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, and Ukraine). The analysis focuses on the planned development of sustainable energy systems receiving special attention in NECPs: decarbonisation, deployment of renewable electricity, renewable heating and cooling, transport, the energy efficiency in buildings, the decarbonisation of the industry sector, energy security and the functioning of electricity and natural gas markets, as well as hydrogen deployment and market coupling.

The analysis of the different policy areas includes the a) overview of the targets set in the different countries, 2) the policy instruments aimed at reaching the targets, 3) and the evaluation of the projected impacts of these measures on the most important output variables under the ‘with existing measures’ (WEM) and ‘with additional measures’ (WAM) scenarios.

The study is available at the following link: https://energy.danube-region.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/sites/6/2021/03/NECP_Danube_Region_REKK_2020_final_0215logo.pdf