The Hungarian government has imposed a 25% cut in gas consumption in public administration and at state-owned companies, with the exception of hospitals and residential social institutions. It will also order a temperature limit of 18 degrees Celsius in public institutions. The Hungarian government has imposed a 25% cut in gas consumption in public administration […]
The overwhelming majority of Hungarian society rejects the government's plan to tackle the energy emergency by easing logging. This is according to a representative opinion poll commissioned by Greenpeace Hungary and conducted by Policy Solutions and ZRI Závecz Research. “The government's scandalous firewood decree of August 4 was cosmeticized by a subsequent ministerial order, but, […]
Demand for solar panels has increased significantly in the past two or three weeks, the president of the Hungarian Solar Panel Association, Ernő Kiss told the state news agency MTI on Thursday. The President said that in 2021, their member companies and other businesses installed solar systems and solar power plants in 35,000 households in […]
The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has arrived from the Croatian import terminal in Krk to Hungary, thus adding a new mode and route to the domestic gas supply chain, which currently serves mainly transport purposes; soon the route may be opened for industrial use as well, ARELGAS Ltd. told the state news […]
The Hungarian energy company ALTEO Plc. has announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange that as buyer, it has concluded a quota purchase agreement for the acquisition of the registered capital representing the entirety of the business interest in EDELYN SOLAR Ltd. (‘target company’) amounting to forints HUF 3,000,000 (three million) from individuals, […]
The aggregate production of solar power plants in Hungary exceeded 1,836 megawatts (MW) on Wednesday, 13 July, according to the Hungarian Independent Transmission Operator Co. Ltd. (Mavir). This means that large solar power plants accounted for almost 37% of total electricity consumption in Hungary. This is particularly important in the current energy emergency, as alternative […]
The share of solar power plants in total energy generation in Hungary was 11.1% last year, the highest in the 27 countries of the European Union, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEA) said in its electricity market report for 2021. The aggregate electricity consumption of the 27 member states increased by 4.3% […]
The energy crisis strengthens the need for security of supply, and pursuing decarbonization targets is a good way to increase energy independence. That is according to János Péter Horvát, the President of the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (HEA). In a presentation at a joint online conference of the Hungarian Economic Society and […]
The Hungarian oil and gas company MOL builds one of the largest capacity green hydrogen plants in Europe in Százhalombatta, just south of Budapest. This investment of EUR 22 million allows MOL to produce 1,600 tons of green hydrogen annually with the help of renewable electricity and enables about 25,000 tons of CO₂ saving. MOL […]
More than three quarters of Hungarians believe that the country should produce its energy needs at home and not depend on other countries, especially Russian gas, according to a recent opinion poll commissioned by Greenpeace and conducted by the Policy Solutions Institute and ZRI Závech Research in the last week of March. Greenpeace therefore expects […]
Energy ministers of the Visegrad Group - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - discussed the planning and establishment of a European hydrogen ecosystem at a meeting in Budapest on Tuesday. At the first V4 working meeting, the countries of the group shared their views on the creation and design of a European hydrogen […]
As a result of continuous negotiations between FGSZ Ltd., the the owner and operator of the Hungarian high-pressure natural gas pipeline system, and its Ukrainian partner, Gas TSO of Ukraine, the test period of Q1 2022 - according to which firm gas transmission capacities have been created in the HU>UA direction from January – has […]
Gross system load and annual gross electricity consumption peaked last year, and solar power generation also exceeded previous records, according to a summary published on the website of Mavir Hungarian Independent Transmission Operator Company Ltd. on Wednesday. According to the data, the record for electricity consumption in Hungary was broken on December 9 last year, […]
Hungary has reached an agreement with Ukraine to supply natural gas to its northeastern neighbor with guaranteed capacity from January 1 next year, Serhiy Makokhon, CEO of the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System (HTS) has announced. The Ukrainian side signed a cooperation agreement with the Hungarian gas transport company FGSZ on the guaranteed supply capacity. Under […]
Shell's goal in Hungary is to deliver more and cleaner and cleaner energy solutions together with its customers and society. To expand its domestic fuel portfolio, Shell Hungary Plc. has acquired an LNG filling station along the M0 motorway. This is planned to be the first such station in its national network of filling stations […]
