Central and Eastern Europe

Record low water levels in Europe's major rivers, particularly the Danube, have reduced electricity output from nuclear power plants and lowered company earnings, prompting governments in Central and Eastern Europe to conserve electricity to avoid an energy crisis.

Record drought and heatwave in Eastern Europe are causing an energy emergency as governments conserve electricity. Hungary's only nuclear plant, which supplies half the country's electricity, is shutting down due to low Danube River water levels needed to cool reactors.