Solar installed capacity increased significantly in H1 2024
According to recent data from transmission system operator MAVIR, a total of 6,712 megawatts of solar power plants will have been installed in Hungary by July 2024. Industrial installations will account for the largest share of the total with 3678 megawatts. Systems above 50 kW reached their highest quarterly production so far this year in June, just shy of 3,200 megawatts. The combined capacity of the now nearly 275,000 household-sized small power plants is 2,514 megawatts, with a further 520 megawatts for captive use.
Compared to the end of last year,
the first half of the year saw an increase of 673 megawatts, which is about a tenth of the installed capacity of domestic solar PV systems.
According to a report published recently by the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Office, the installed capacity of solar panels increased from 2 MW (megawatts) in 2010 to 4,235 MW in 2022. Following the rapid growth in recent years, Hungary reached the 6 gigawatts target for 2030 six years earlier, by spring 2024. The National Energy and Climate Plan under review therefore foresees a doubled installed capacity of 12 gigawatts by the beginning of the next decade.
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