Heating and cooling plans will be mandatory for all cities with more than 45,000 inhabitants. However, local governments often don't know where to start – that's why we have prepared a guide to ensure their plan aligns with the EU's climate and energy goals, making it eligible for funding, such as from the Modernization Fund, writes Juraj Melichár.

The European Union has an opportunity with the arrival of the Trump administration to reduce the gap with the USA in green technologies. However, it needs to make green policies more realistic, reduce the regulatory burden on companies, and strengthen research and development, writes Zuzana Serinová.

The head of the regulatory authority criticizes financial subsidies for the development of renewable sources and warns people about "speculators," "business-lobbyist organizations," and political promotion of "green ideology." According to him, nuclear energy is sufficient for a healthy energy mix.

The question of whether to build renewable sources or nuclear is the wrong one – we will need a huge amount of green energy sources even if we build a nuclear plant. For Slovakia, it will only be worth it if the cost stays below 14.5 billion euros, says Ján Mykhalchyk Hradický from the Value for Money Division.