Wind power in Hungary

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Wind farm near Mosonszolnok

The installed capacity of wind power in Hungary was 329 MW as of April 2011.[1] Most of wind farms are in the Kisalföld region.

As of 1 April 2011, there were 39 operational wind farms in Hungary, with 172 turbines and 329 MW of installed capacity.

Installed capacity[]

Main article: Wind power in the European Union
Year end Nameplate
capacity (MWp)		 Growth
MWp % of usage
2002 1 1 -
2003 2 1 100%
2004 3 1 50%
2005 17 14 466.7%
2006 61 44 258.9%
2007 65 4 6.6%
2008 127 62 95.4%
2009 201 74 58.3%
2010 295 94 46.8%
2011 331 36 12.2%
2012 325 -6 -1.8%
2013 329 4 1.2%
2014 329 0 -
2015 329 0 -
2016 329 0 -
2017 329 0 -
IEA-PVPS,[2] WindPower[3]

Cumulative PV capacity in megawatt-peak (MWp) since 2002

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Tenders[]

  • The first tender was written in 2006 and it contains 330 MW capacity. Till March 16, 2006 it received 1138 MW capacity.[4]
  • In 2009 Hungary tendered for 410 MW of new wind capacity. It received 68 bids totalling 1100 MW capacity,[5] but later the Hungarian Energy Office cancelled it.[6]

List of wind farms[]

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Biggest Wind farms of Hungary
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Biggest Wind farms of Hungary.
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List of the greatest wind farms (≥10MWp)
No. Name MWp Opened Number of
turbines
1 (I., II.) 74 2008-2011 37 (19+18)
2 Kisigmánd Wind Farm[7] 50 2009 25
3 Ikervár Wind Farm (I., II.) 34 2011 17 (4+13)
4 Bőny Wind Farm 25 2009-2010 13
5 Levél Wind Farm 24 2006-2008 12
6 Sopronkövesd Wind Farm 23 2008 8
7 Mosonmagyaróvár Wind Farm (I.-VIII.) 21.2 2003-2008 12
8 Bábolna Wind Farm 15 2010 7 (6+1)
9 Jánossomorja Wind Farm 10 2010
Mosonszolnok Wind Farm (I., II.) 6 2002-2007 4

Biggest owners[]

More than 5 MWp: Felsőzsolca, Paks, Pécs, Visonta
Less than 5 MWp:
  • MET Power: Százhalombatta
  • Solar Markt: Csepreg, Kőszeg, Söjtör, Vép
  • ALTEO Group: Balatonberény (7 MWp), Nagykőrös (7 MWp), Monor (4 MWp)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Magyar Szélenergia Társaság
  2. ^ http://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2017.pdf
  3. ^ "Hungary - Wind farms - Countries - Online access - the Wind Power".
  4. ^ Szélenergia hasznosítás jövője 2020-ig Wind Industry's vision for 2020
  5. ^ Hungarian government overwhelmed with bids for wind energy licenses
  6. ^ Hungary scraps wind tender
  7. ^ Kisigmánd, a szélerőművek otthona

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