Hungary: Overview of legal framework

Overview of promotion system

In Hungary, renewable-energy-sourced electricity is mainly promoted through a price regulation in terms of a feed-in tariff.

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Overview of access to the grid

The Act on Electric Energy (Act No. LXXXVI of 2007) gives priority in grid connection and usage to electricity generated from renewable energy. Furthermore, it establishes certain restrictions on electricity imports to the benefit of renewable energy. Grid operators shall bear the costs of connection of systems that generate electricity from renewable energy and of the expansion of the grid carried out for their benefit.

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Hungary
Promoted technologies
  • Wind energy is promoted
  • Solar energy is promoted
  • Geothermal energy is promoted
  • Biogas is promoted
  • Biomass is promoted
  • Hydro-electricity is promoted

Promotion: basic legal sources