Environmental, social and governance in Hungary

Auction time - Third METÁR auction to take place in July

May 4, 2021

Hungary: After two successful METÁR tenders, on April 30, 2021 the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority launched the third METÁR tender to support renewable electricity producers under the green premium scheme.

Official results of the second METÁR tender

February 12, 2021

Hungary: The Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority published the official results of the second METÁR tender on February 11. The summary evaluation reveals that 257 tender proposals were submitted in this round, 36 proposals (14%) of which were declared successful, while 189 proposals (74%) were valid, but had to be rejected due to the exhaustion of generation volumes available for support and their insufficiently competitive bid prices. The remaining 32 proposals (12%) were declared invalid for other reasons.

Energy client alert – Extension of deadlines for the implementation of FIT and METÁR projects

December 28, 2020

Hungary: A recent amendment by the Hungarian Energy Authority affects the implementation of power plants licensed either under the mandatory off-take scheme with guaranteed feed-in tariff, i.e. the so called KÁT and METÁR KÁT (“FIT projects”), or under the green premium subsidy without a tender procedure (“METÁR projects”).

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