Hungary

December 3, 2020
IRENA identifies solar heat potential in central and south eastern Europe

The 18 countries participating in the Central and South Eastern Europe Energy Connectivity Initiative (CESEC) could use renewables to meet 34 % of their energy demand by 2030, with solar thermal installed in buildings being the cheapest replacement option for fossil fuel equipment. These...
March 6, 2020
Large gap between targets and installed solar heat capacity in Europe

According to a Eurostat press release published on 23 January, renewable energy sources made up 18 % of total energy generation throughout the European Union at the end of 2018, which means the EU’s target of 20 % by the end of 2020 seems well within reach. And yet, the above chart shows...
June 26, 2017
Hungary: Government Strengthens Support for Renewables and Energy Efficiency in Residential Market

While Hungary’s plans to add two Russian reactors to the Paks nuclear power station have caused quite the stir, the eastern European country’s green energy policies seem to have gone largely unnoticed. On 8 May 2017, during the first Nordic Green Light business forum in Hungary’s capital...
June 26, 2017
Otthon Melege (Warm Homes) programme

Otthon Melege (Warm Homes) programme is a state incentive scheme suitable for solar thermal energy installation among other efficiancy measures for buildings. The investment grants are offered in seperated calls (end of August 2016, June 2017) and the budget was usually exhausted within a few...
June 26, 2017
Zero-interest loans programme for solar collectors and other retrofit measures

Since April 2017 house and apartment owners in Hungary can apply for zero-interest loans over up to 20 years for improving building efficiency and installing renewable energy systems. An article from 28 April on dailynewshungary.com stated that as many as 20,000 homeowners would...
August 11, 2014
Renexpo Central Europe 2015, Budapest

Hungary's International Trade Fair and Congress for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency will take place from 11 to 12 March 2015 at the Hungexpo Fair Center Budapest. Renexpo is one of the largest exhibitions for energy generation and power sector in Hungary. Visitors Profile: Architects...
October 28, 2013
Denmark/Hungary: Velux to Close Down Solar Collector Business

“The Velux Group has decided to discontinue sales of solar thermal collectors during the autumn 2013.” This was the first sentence of a short statement which appeared on the internet pages of the different Velux distribution partners in Europe in the middle of September 2013. It...
August 8, 2013
Renexpo Central Europe 2014, Budapest

Hungary's International Trade Fair and Congress for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency will take place from 12 to 13 March 2014 at the Hungexpo Fair Center Budapest. Renexpo is one of the largest exhibitions for energy generation and power sector in Hungary. Visitors Profile: Architects...
April 11, 2013
EU Project: RELACS in Sustainable Holiday Accommodations

What have the Albena resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast (see photo), the Bräuer restaurant in Weißkirchen, Austria, and the 2 Danby Cottages in the UK’s Forest of Dean in common? They are all part of the RELACS network. RELACS is short for “REnewabLe energy for tourist ACcommodation...
March 5, 2013
How to Finance a Large-scale Solar Thermal Plant

One of the organisations which have had experiences with RES leases over many years is the Austrian UniCredit Leasing. Josef Robert Straninger, Country Coordinator of the Competence Center Renewable Energies at UniCredit Leasing, explained at the SMEThermal conference in Berlin what...
February 26, 2013
Hungary: New Money for Commercial and Public Solar Thermal Systems

From the end of 2011 on, the Hungarian government had asked the European Commission (EC) to allow the transfer of funds not spent within the Transport Operational Programme, KözOP, to the Environment and Energy Operational Programme, KEOP. The EC finally agreed in September 2012 and the...
January 10, 2013
Renexpo Central Europe 2013, Budapest

Hungary's International Trade Fair and Congress for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency will take place from 25 - 27 April 2013 at the Hungexpo Fair Center Budapest. Renexpo is one of the largest exhibitions for energy generation and power sector in Hungary. Visitors Profile: Architects,...