Hungary solar power output hits record high, Paks construction ‘reaches new milestone’

Output of Hungary’s industrial-scale solar parks with a capacity of over 50 kW reached a record 3,242 MW last Friday in the quarter hour between 1 pm and 1.15 pm, the energy ministry said on Facebook.

Citing data from state-owned transmission system operator Mavir, the ministry said that, including household solar panels, Hungary’s solar power output exceeded the 2030 target output of 6,000 MW as early as February this year, and was now approaching 6,800 MW.

The ministry said that by the end of August, 1,134 quarter hours had seen solar power output exceed last year’s high of 2,731 MW.

A new milestone has been reached with the completion of soil works under Block 5 of the Paks nuclear power plant, and similar works under Block 6 are under way, Pter Szijjrt, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Monday.

Countries that produce most of their energy requirements are generally regarded as “safe”, the minister said on Facebook, adding that Hungary was intent on speeding up construction of the plant’s two new blocks.

Today Szijjarto spoke by phone with Rosatom chief executive Aleksey Likhacsov, and they reviewed key tasks for the next few weeks with a view to accelerating the project. He said more than 1,000 people were working at the site and this number would soon increase significantly.

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