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Analysis of wind power generation in HungaryArticle

At the end of 2009 Hungary had 201 MW of completed wind power capacity out of the currently permitted 330 MW, which is expected to increase further, since the Energy Office of Hungary issued permits to build another 410 MW of wind power capacity. Permits ...

Energy policy recommendations 2010Critics of the Hungarian electricity market regulation and recommendations for the way forwardAnalysis

The aim of this analysis is to identify the most severe industrial organization and regulatory issues which appeared since the market liberalization. Furthermore, it strives to give recommendations for the government which help the development of an ...

Is the current high level of domestic balancing energy prices fundamentally justifiable?Article

While last year the domestic and neighbouring electricity markets were characterised by a substantial decline in prices, the settlement price for positive balancing energy in Hungary grew by more than 50%. In our article we ponder if the current high ...

Reflections on the allocation method of the Hungarian cross-border transport capacitiesArticle

In our article we examine if the allocation system of cross-border transport capacities on the Hungarian side facilitates the maximum possible utilisation of the available physical infrastructure. We analyse the attributes of the annual and monthly ...

Principles of electricity markets 2010BudapestEvent

Liberalisation of the electricity sector has been a very important development worldwide in the past two decades, and is still an ongoing process in many transition countries. This course aims to provide a thorough introduction to the most important ...

Developments in the Hungarian retail electricity market in 2008 and 2009Article

Our analysis looks behind the possible reasons of the significant increase in the electricity retail prices experienced in 2008. This article aims to introduce and analyze the price trends of the Hungarian retail electricity market in the recent one and ...

The effect of the economic crisis on the electricity consumption of the Central European regionArticle

In the second half of the last year, the economic crisis reached the countries of Central Eastern Europe including Hungary, which resulted in a significant fallback of industrial production and employment. In one of our prevoius article, we examined the ...

Overview of the Third Legislative PackageArticle

In our article we present a review of the most important aspects of the Third Package, the Community regulation which determines the functioning of the internal electricity and natural gas markets.

Regulatory aspects of renewables 2009RigaEvent

One of the major challenges energy companies (the most prominent contributors to local, regional and global environmental degradation) face today is related to develop and operate energy facilities in an environmentally sustainable way. The efforts ...

Analysis of supports for co-generated and renewable electricity producersArticle

The Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable was published on 23 April. The Directive sets mandatory national targets for the overall share of energy from renewable sources ...