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Mátra Power Plant
Mátra Power Plant (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Mátrai Erőmű''), is a lignite fired power plant majority owned by MVM, the Hungarian state owned power company since 2019. It is located in the valley of the Mátra mountains, in Hungary. It has an installed electric power output of 950 MW, however, one 200 MW generator has been on permanent hiatus since January 2021. According to the government energy strategy announced in 2021, most of the existing lignite-fuelled units would be shut down in 2025, and a new 500 MW gas-fired unit would be added as well as up to 400 MW in solar power. Due to the energy crisis in 2022, the switch to natural gas was delayed to 2028 or later. The Power Plant is one of the largest in Hungary (after Paks Nuclear Power Plant), providing around 7% of the country's electricity production (and around 5% of its consumption) in 2023. This is down from the more than 20% share in 2014 (and the years before). The plant was once considered an important pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much 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 south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary lies within the drainage basin of the Danube, Danube River and is dominated by great lowland plains. It has a population of 9.6 million, consisting mostly of ethnic Hungarians, Hungarians (Magyars) and a significant Romani people in Hungary, Romani minority. Hungarian language, Hungarian is the Languages of Hungary, official language, and among Languages of Europe, the few in Europe outside the Indo-European languages, Indo-European family. Budapest is the country's capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, largest city, and the dominant cultural and economic centre. Prior to the foundation of the Hungarian state, various peoples settled in the territory of present-day Hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
