Wind power in Hungary

Wind farm near Mosonszolnok

The installed capacity of wind power in Hungary was 329 MW as of April 2011.^[1] 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.

Tenders

• The first tender was written in 2006 and it contains 330 MW capacity. Till March 16, 2006 it received 1138 MW capacity.^[2]

• In 2009 Hungary tendered for 410 MW of new wind capacity. It received 68 bids totalling 1100 MW capacity,^[3] but later the Hungarian Energy Office cancelled it. ^[4]

Largest wind farms

• Kisigmánd Wind Farm - 50 MW
• Ikervár Wind Farm - 34 MW
• Ács Wind Farm - 32 MW
• Bőny Wind Farm - 25 MW
• Levél Wind Farm - 24 MW
• Mosonszolnok Wind Farm - 24 MW

References