Wind power in Hungary

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.

Wind farm near Mosonszolnok

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 endNameplate
capacity (MWp)		Growth
MWp% of usage
200211-
200321100%
20043150%
20051714466.7%
20066144258.9%
20076546.6%
20081276295.4%
20092017458.3%
20102959446.8%
20113313612.2%
2012325-6-1.8%
201332941.2%
20143290-
20153290-
20163290-
20173290-
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.
Red: ≥30MWp; Blue: 30MW-10MWp.
List of the greatest wind farms (≥10MWp)
No.NameMWpOpenedNumber of
turbines
1 Ács Wind Farm (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. https://www.thewindpower.net/country_windfarms_en_39_hungary.php
  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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