Solar Panel Park Inaugurated in Öskü

A solar farm was inaugurated on Tuesday in Öskü, Veszprém county, W Hungary. The ten-megawatt power plant will provide electricity for more than five thousand families.

Attila Steiner, Minister of State for the Development of the Circular Economy, Energy and Climate Policy of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, stressed at the inauguration ceremony that the government has set a target of 90 percent of electricity generation without carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and the realization of solar parks is a significant step towards this goal.

Attila Steiner said that the total solar capacity in Hungary is currently 2,300 megawatts, which is more than the capacity of the Paks nuclear power plant. The goal is to triple this capacity by 2030, he added.

Ernő Kiss, President of the Hungarian Solar Panel Solar Collector Association and Managing Director of the investor Greentechnic Hungary Ltd, said the solar farm in Öskü, which covers 20 hectares, will supply energy to the residents of the area for 25 years.