The installed capacity of wind power in Hungary was 329 MW as of April 2011.Magyar Szélenergia Társaság Most of wind farms are in the Kisalföld region.

As of 1 April 2011, there were 39 operational wind farms in Hungary, with 172 turbines and 329 MW of installed capacity. In 2016 Hungary banned the building of wind turbines within 12km of populated areas, accordingly no new turbines have been constructed since then.

Installed capacity

Year end Nameplatecapacity (MWp) Growth MWp % of usage 2002 1 1 - 2003 2 1 100% 2004 3 1 50% 2005 17 14 466.7% 2006 61 44 258.9% 2007 65 4 6.6% 2008 127 62 95.4% 2009 201 74 58.3% 2010 295 94 46.8% 2011 331 36 12.2% 2012 325 -6 -1.8% 2013 329 4 1.2% 2014 329 0 - 2015 329 0 - 2016 329 0 - 2017 329 0 - IEA-PVPS, WindPower

Cumulative PV capacity in megawatt-peak (MWp) since 2002

Tenders The first tender was written in 2006 and it contains 330 MW capacity. Till March 16, 2006 it received 1138 MW capacity.Szélenergia hasznosítás jövője 2020-ig Wind Industry's vision for 2020 In 2009 Hungary tendered for 410 MW of new wind capacity. It received 68 bids totalling 1100 MW capacity,Hungarian government overwhelmed with bids for wind energy licenses but later the Hungarian Energy Office cancelled it.Hungary scraps wind tender

List of wind farms

List of the greatest wind farms (≥10MWp)No.NameMWpOpenedNumber ofturbines 1Ács Wind Farm ()742008-2011 37 () 2Kisigmánd Wind FarmKisigmánd, a szélerőművek otthona502009 25 3Ikervár Wind Farm ()342011 17 () 4Bőny Wind Farm252009-2010 13 5Levél Wind Farm242006-2008 12 6Sopronkövesd Wind Farm232008 8 7Mosonmagyaróvár Wind Farm ()21.22003-2008 12 8Bábolna Wind Farm152010 7 () 9Jánossomorja Wind Farm102010 Mosonszolnok Wind Farm ()62002-2007 4

Biggest owners MVM Group: More than 5 MWp: Felsőzsolca, Paks, Pécs, Visonta Less than 5 MWp: MET Power: Százhalombatta Solar Markt: Csepreg, Kőszeg, Söjtör, Vép ALTEO Group: Balatonberény (7 MWp), Nagykőrös (7 MWp), Monor (4 MWp)

EU and Hungary Wind Energy Capacity (MW)Wind in power: 2012 European statistics February 2013 No Country 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 - EU-27 105,696 93,957 84,074 74,767 64,712 56,517 48,069 40,511 34,383 28,599 23,159 17,315 12,887 9,678 6,453 17 Hungary329 329 295 201 127 65 61 17 3 3 3 0 0 0 0

See also

Renewable energy in Hungary Energy in Hungary List of renewable energy topics by country Wind power in the European Union European Wind Energy Association Global Wind Energy Council

References

External links

Hungarian Wind Energy Industry Company