Together for 1.5
Speed up (energy) transformation, Hungary!
Accelerated and ambitious climate action via energy transformation and energy efficiency is the way forward to secure clean and affordable energy to citizens. Hungary should rely on public consultation in the design of its NECP to gain wide ownership and to support effective and efficient implementation. The government should speed up energy transition via creating a favourable and predictable legal and financial framework for switching to a diverse renewables-based energy mix rather than re-fossilizing the economy.
Articles
Low energy performance of buildings ignored
Although Hungarian NECP (2019) emphasizes the importance of energy renovation of buildings, progress is very slow..
Recarbonization with gas and lignite
Latest measures of the Hungarian Government on favoring lignite and gas use seem to go against NECP 2019, halt decarbonization and enhance recarbonization...
Energy communities low on the agenda
Energy communities (community energy) as bottom-up key solutions in achieving energy independence based on renewables...
Introducing a flight tax
Flight tax - the first step towards putting a real carbon price on air transport?
Tax benefits on new constructions incentivizing urban sprawl
A reduced, 5% VAT rate on new housing constructions in Hungary favours new construction to retrofits of old buildings, meaning higher environmental and climate impact, and...
Priority investments hinder public participation in Hungary
Thousands of projects are being labelled as priority investments in Hungary, with shorter administrative deadlines and less stringent criteria on disclosing public information, making public participation especially difficult...
Scrapping the energy bill subsidies for households with high energy consumption
Removing the price cap on household energy prices for above-average consumers in 2022 led to a significant decrease in energy consumption and gave a boost to energy-efficiency improvements in Hungary...
No measures to reduce car traffic
The government’s slogan: Hungarians by car!
Domestic electricity – from import gas and uranium?
Domestically produced electricity will not enhance the rhetorically emphasized energy sovereignty if production needs imported gas and uranium...
Ceasing restrictions on solar and wind power plants
One very promising element of the 2019 Hungarian NECP is the increase of renewable energy use. The now planned elimination of the previously introduced restrictions...
Ambition
Accelerated and ambitious climate action via energy transformation and energy efficiency is the way forward to secure clean and affordable energy for citizens. Hungary should speed up energy transition via creating a favourable and predictable legal and financial framework for switching to a diverse renewables-based energy mix rather than re-fossilizing the economy.