Making Hungary Fit for the Energy Transition

For Hungary there are only a small number of energy scenarios describing the potential drivers of change and their possible consequences and policy options. On top of that, after COP21 and the Paris Agreement, the framework conditions have changed substantially compared to 2011 when the existing Hungarian Energy Strategy with strong fossil fuel and nuclear focus was approved, making a fresh look at the situation necessary.

Therefore, The Greens / European Free Alliance Group of the European Parliament contracted Wuppertal Institute together with Energiaklub to develop scientifically sound, comprehensive, alternative and sustainable long term energy scenarios for Hungary with a time horizon of 2030 and 2050. The scenarios developed for this report deliver information about the costs and long-term effects of different energy choices for Hungary. The potential benefits of greening the energy mix are also detailed in the research. The study aims to provide policy makers with better evidence for making informed, prudent and forward-looking energy policy related decisions.

It is written in Hungarian with a detailed English Executive Summary. It is available for download on ResearchGate.