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Government to help households install solar panels and batteries with 75 billion HUF
Household solar panels installed before January 1, 2026, will benefit from an annual settlement of electricity bills for 10 years.
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Government providing 160 billion forints towards development of electricity network
The Hungarian government aims to ensure that as much energy as possible is produced from domestic sources.
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Government lowers flat owner approval threshold for solar panel investments
Hungary’s government has rolled out a number of measures recently that aim to cushion the country against the impact of a looming winter energy crisis in Europe.
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Over 43,000 apply for solar panels and energy-efficient heating systems
More than 43,000 households have applied for over HUF 200 billion (EUR 505m) in government subsidies to install home solar panels and energy-efficient heating systems.
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Central Europe’s largest solar park to be built in Kaposvár
China National Machinery Import and Export (CMC) laid the cornerstone of a 32 billion HUF (100m EUR), 100MW solar park in Kaposvár (SW Hungary) on Monday.
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New solar power plant opens in Paks
Built at a cost of 9 billion HUF (28.5m EUR), the new solar plant will have an output of 20.6 megawatts, and will serve over 8,500 households
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E.ON and Audi join forces to build solar energy park in Győr
Construction work will start in August 2019 and renewable energy generation will start at the beginning of next year
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Hungary to begin construction of the country’s largest solar power plant
The government is providing 6.4 billion HUF (21m EUR) in financial support to build two solar energy plants. Hungarowind Szélerőmű will receive 3.2 billion HUF for a solar plant in Orsozlány, and 3.1 billion HUF for a plant in Felsőzsolca
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Hungary to set up solar plants to minimize energy imports
János Lázár said the objective was to cover one half of the country’s total demand from the upgraded nuclear plant at Paks, and the other half from solar plants
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Hungarian government provides financial support to build two solar energy plants
The plants will produce almost 155,000 gigajoules of renewable energy a year and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by some 42,000 tons each year
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Hungary increases solar power sector
The Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) said that commercial solar power capacity in Hungary could rise to 2,100 MW by the end of 2018
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There's no place for wind power in Hungary
The Hungarian government has a clear energy strategy, according to which wind power is not optimal, while solar energy is far more advantageous