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Electricity Market integration 2.0 in Central and South-East Europepolicy briefPublished: 1 of October, 2017

The objective of this discussion paper is to briefly assess the most relevant legislative proposals pertaining to the European electricity market that emerged from the ‘Clean Energy for all Europeans’ package published at the end of 2016. Identifying the ...

REKK Comment on the new Hungarian renewable electricity support schemepolicy briefPublished: 14 of August, 2017

The European Commission has approved the new Hungarian renewable electricity support system (METÁR) in the middle of June, 2017. Accordingly, the Hungarian Ministry of National Development published the proposed new legislation for public ...

Analysing the 2017 January price hike in HUPXpolicy briefPublished: 20 of April, 2017

In 2017 January, extremly high prices were observed in the Hungarian power exchange. On 11 January, the baseload power price was traded on 300 €/MWh in some hours, while in the neighboring countries – except for Serbia and Croatia – prices were floating ...

Revised renewable statisticpolicy briefPublished: 30 of March, 2017

The deviation between the Hungarian statistical figures of forest biomass supply and consumption – the difference valued roughly at 70 bn HUF – is known for a long time. The recalculation of firewood volume used by households, now based on consumption ...

Regulatory obstacles of the use of subsurface water resourcespolicy briefPublished: 20 of December, 2016

The better use of thermal reserves raises the question of the regulation of scarce natural resources. First, the heat current of subterranean water bodies is limited, second, the amount of water is scarce. The water may be used to transfer heat (energy) ...

Possibilities of integrating intermittent renewable power generation in Hungarypolicy briefPublished: 5 of December, 2016

The policy brief assesses the possibilities and the regulatory costs of integrating several thousand MWs of intermittent renewable power generating capacities to the Hungarian grid.

Was it worth building the SK-HU gas natural interconnector?policy briefPublished: 25 of October, 2016

The 2011 Hungarian energy strategy considered the SK-HU gas interconnector as a priority infrastructure project. The interconnector was expected to serve three main objectives: improve Hungary’s gas market integration with Western Europe, improve ...

From where does it blow?Concerning the regulation of wind turbines - policy briefPublished: 20 of September, 2016

A strict regulation has been put into force regarding wind power commissioning in Hungary. The technical and safety regulation of electricity installations set the maximum capacity and size of turbines, as well as highest noise level emitted by wind ...

Introduction of the new Hungarian renewable electricity support systempolicy briefPublished: 9 of August, 2016

The workshop was organised in kind co-operation with the National Development Ministry and the goal of the conference was to introduce the new Hungarian renewable electricity support scheme and start the dialogue of the regulator and stakeholders. The ...

Regional vision of EU-level renewable energy governance and effort sharing for 2030Policy Brief for the Central and South East Europe Energy Forum - policy briefPublished: 4 of July, 2016

The current renewable policy period ends in 2020 and the preparation for the post 2020 period is underway, driven by the next EU climate and energy package agreement on a new renewable energy target of at least 27% of final energy consumption in the EU ...