Wind power in Hungary explained

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.In 2016 Hungary banned the building of wind turbines within 12km of populated areas, accordingly no new turbines have been constructed since then.[2]

Installed capacity

See 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,[3] WindPower[4]
Cumulative PV capacity in megawatt-peak (MWp) since 2002

Tenders

List of wind farms

List of the greatest wind farms (≥10MWp)
No.NameMWpOpenedNumber of
turbines
1align=left Ács Wind Farm align=right 742008-201137
2align=left Kisigmánd Wind Farm[8] align=right 50200925
3align=left Ikervár Wind Farm align=right 34201117
4align=left Bőny Wind Farmalign=right 252009-201013
5align=left Levél Wind Farmalign=right 242006-200812
6align=left Sopronkövesd Wind Farmalign=right 2320088
7align=left Mosonmagyaróvár Wind Farm align=right 21.22003-200812
8align=left Bábolna Wind Farmalign=right 1520107
9align=left Jánossomorja Wind Farmalign=right 102010
align=left Mosonszolnok Wind Farm align=right 62002-20074

Biggest owners

More than 5 MWp: Felsőzsolca, Paks, Pécs, Visonta

Less than 5 MWp:

EU and Hungary Wind Energy Capacity (MW)[9] [10] [11] [12]
NoCountry201220112010200920082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
- align=left EU-27105,696 93,957 84,074 74,767 64,712 56,517 48,069 40,511 34,383 28,599 23,159 17,315 12,887 9,678 6,453
17align=left Hungary329 329 295 201 127 65 61 17 3 3 3 0 0 0 0

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mszit.hu/ Magyar Szélenergia Társaság
  2. Web site: Hungary to loosen its rules on deployment of wind turbines . 9 February 2023.
  3. Web site: RENEWABLE CAPACITY STATISTICS 2017 . 2023-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20200725094300/https://www.irena.org/DocumentDownloads/Publications/IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2017.pdf. 2020-07-25.
  4. Web site: Hungary - Wind farms - Countries - Online access - the Wind Power.
  5. http://www.wind-energy-the-facts.org/documents/hungary/WETFBudapestworksho12Jun09PeterToth.pdf Szélenergia hasznosítás jövője 2020-ig Wind Industry's vision for 2020
  6. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/news/989494/Hungarian-government-overwhelmed-bids-wind-energy-licenses/ Hungarian government overwhelmed with bids for wind energy licenses
  7. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/news/1017835/Hungary-scraps-wind-tender/ Hungary scraps wind tender
  8. https://www.kemma.hu/komarom-esztergom/gazdasag-komarom-esztergom/kisigmand-a-szeleromuvek-otthona-247560/ Kisigmánd, a szélerőművek otthona
  9. Web site: Cumulative installed capacity per EU Member State 1998 - 2009 (MW). EWEA Staff. European Wind Energy Association. 2010. 2010-05-22.
  10. Web site: EWEA Annual Statistics 2010. EWEA Staff. European Wind Energy Association. February 2011. 2011-01-31.
  11. Web site: EWEA Annual Statistics 2011. EWEA Staff. European Wind Energy Association. February 2012. 2011-02-18.
  12. http://www.ewea.org/fileadmin/files/library/publications/statistics/Wind_in_power_annual_statistics_2012.pdf Wind in power: 2012 European statistics

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