The installed capacity of wind power in Hungary was 329 MW as of April 2011. Most of wind farms are in the
Kisalföld
The Little Hungarian Plain or Little Alföld ( Hungarian: ''Kisalföld'', Slovak: ''Malá dunajská kotlina'', German: ''Kleine Ungarische Tiefebene'') is a plain (tectonic basin) of approximately 8,000 km² in northwestern Hungary, south ...
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
Cumulative PV capacity in megawatt-peak (MWp) since 2002
Tenders
*The first tender was written in 2006 and it contains 330 MW capacity. Till March 16, 2006 it received 1138 MW capacity.
*In 2009 Hungary tendered for 410 MW of new wind capacity. It received 68 bids totalling 1100 MW capacity, but later the Hungarian Energy Office cancelled it.
Hungary scraps wind tender
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List of wind farms
Biggest owners
*MVM Group
MVM Group (Magyar Villamos Művek Zártkörűen működő Részvénytársaság, literally: ''Hungarian Electrical Works Private Limited Company'') is a Hungarian power company, the only one in the country responsible for the production, distribut ...
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: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
* Renewable energy in Hungary
* Energy in Hungary
*List of renewable energy topics by country
This is a list of renewable energy topics by country and territory. These links can be used to compare developments in renewable energy in different countries and territories and to help and encourage new writers to participate in writing about ...
*Wind power in the European Union
As of December 2017, the European Union had a total installed wind Nameplate capacity, capacity of 169.3gigawatts (GW). In 2017, a total of 15,680 MW of wind power was installed, representing 55% of all new power capacity, and the wind p ...
*European Wind Energy Association
WindEurope is an association promoting the use of wind power in Europe. Based in Brussels it has over 600 members, which are active in over 50 countries, including manufacturers with a leading share of the world wind power market, component suppli ...
*Global Wind Energy Council
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) was established in 2005 to provide a credible and representative forum for the entire wind energy sector at an international level. GWEC’s mission is to ensure that wind power is established as one of the wo ...
References
External links
Hungarian Wind Energy Industry Company
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Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...