For the sixth competition, the following topics were suggested for analysis:
- Effect of the crisis on the Hungarian natural gas sector
- Economic analysis of the pricing behaviour of power plants providing secondary reserves
- Effect of pumped storage on CO2 emissions
- Estimating the system integration costs of intermittent power generation
- Advantages, disadvantages, possibilities and barriers of integrated (water, electricity, gas) smart metering rollout
- Price of water and providing water
- Economic analysis of building energy saving investment consumer choices
- Effect of high oil prices on the Hungarian economy
8 papers were submitted for the competition. Two second prizes and one third prize was awarded.
Awards:
II. prize - Péter Lánczi: Possibility of door and window replacement and building envelope insulation for residential actors in Hungary
II. prize - András Weeber: Economic analysis of building energy investment consumer choices
III. prize- Barbara Kóczán: A behavioral model: energy use of households emphasizing energy saving investment