The number of electric vehicles registered in Hungary reached 101,534 by the end of December, the Energy Ministry said in a post on social media on Wednesday. The number of electric passenger cars climbed over 94,000, the ministry said. The number of electric vehicles has doubled in the past two years and nearly one-third were […]
By early December, approximately 1,030 megawatts of new solar power capacity had been built in Hungary in 2025. The country first exceeded 1 gigawatt of growth in 2022, and since then, it has managed to exceed this level every year. Of the nearly 8,300 megawatts of capacity, more than 5,000 megawatts have been installed in […]
In January-September this year, Hungary’s solar capacity increased by 997 MW, the Energy Ministry said in a post on social media on Monday. With current trends, it is certain that solar capacity will increase by at least 1 GW in 2025, making it the fourth year in a row when capacity increased by such an […]
Solar power accounted for close to 30% of electricity generation in Hungary in the first half of 2025, more than in any other country covered in a global report by international independent think tank Ember, the Energy Ministry said in a post on social media on Wednesday. The Hungarian figure is more than three times […]
Since February, domestic companies can apply for a subsidy of HUF 2.8-4 million per vehicle for the purchase of a pure electric car, van or minibus. More than two thirds of the EUR 30 billion budget was put out to tender last year, over half of it has been contracted and almost a fifth has […]
Domestic gas consumption fell by 15.7% in the first three quarters of 2023 compared to the same period last year. From January to September, 1.07 billion cubic metres less natural gas was consumed, with the economy and households accounting for roughly two-thirds to one-third of the savings. The reduction in electricity was 7% in the […]
Total domestic solar capacity topped 5,400 megawatts by the beginning of October, according to latest data summary by MAVIR Hungarian Transmission Operator Co., with the first three quarters adding 1,389 megawatts, more than 300 megawatts more than the gain in twelve months of last year's record year, the Energy Ministry (EM) said on Friday. The […]
The Minister of Technology and Industry, László Palkovics is to leave his post, and a new energy ministry is to be established, the head of the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás announced at an extraordinary press conference on Monday. According to Minister Gulyás, the restructuring is justified by the war in the neighboring country and […]
