Government Adopts Energy Development Plan in Response to Ongoing Crisis
The plan adds storage, grid upgrades and new wind and geothermal projects, while free smart meters become mandatory for high-use households.
- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced the Hungarian government approved a comprehensive energy development plan to modernize the electricity grid and expand storage, wind, and geothermal capacity.
- Extreme heat recently strained infrastructure, causing a brief pump shutdown at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant while Danube water levels fell dangerously close to operational minimums, necessitating urgent intervention.
- The program, financed by domestic and European Union funds alongside private capital, requires developers to include state ownership while households using more than 4,000 kilowatt-hours annually must install free smart electricity meters.
- Authorities and 2,500 volunteers from the Tisza party distributed one million litres of drinking water at 350 locations, while the Defence Task Force stabilized Paks operations as Magyar said, "We are cautiously optimistic."
- Officials will publish results of a €1.5 billion European Union-funded grid modernization tender on Friday, with initial wind power development tenders scheduled for release by August 31.
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ussanews.comHungary Unveils Energy Strategy Following Summer Power Crisis
The Hungarian government has approved a comprehensive energy development plan in response to the lessons learned from the current energy crisis, Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on Wednesday. In a video published on Facebook, Magyar said the programme includes expanding energy storage capacity, modernizing the electricity grid and launching new wind power and geothermal energy projects. The investments will be financed through a combination…
The government has adopted a comprehensive energy development plan, boosting wind and geothermal investments.
The Prime Minister reported on the decisions on the first day of the two-day government meeting and after the defense working group meeting.
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