EnergyReader · 2026-08-08 00:22

SE Europe Rations Power as Drought and Heat Push Regional Nuclear Down 40%

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 8, 2026

Hungary, Poland, Moldova and Romania introduced emergency measures to protect their electricity supplies during the week of 2026-08-03 as an ongoing drought drove Danube river levels to record lows and left roughly 40% of southeast Europe's nuclear capacity offline, Montel reported. The moves mark the most direct government intervention yet in a summer that has progressively removed dispatchable generation from the region's grid.

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