Transforming the Matra Power Plant, Hungary
Moving from coal to renewables
“Coal, Hydro & Solar Power” by féileacán is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
The Mátra Power Plant is a lignite-fired power plant majority owned by the Hungarian public company, MVM. The government has used an adaptive, and potentially transformative, strategy, to approach decarbonisation of the Mátra plant. The plant has an installed capacity of 950MW but is due to be decommissioned in 2025. The plan for a new Renewable Energy Cluster at the Matra site includes 200MW of solar, of which 60MW has already been installed. There are also plans to generate energy from biomass with company lands dedicated to the growth of timber for fuel. A 500MW gas fired power plant is also planned.
This strategy is targeted at maintaining jobs and energy supplies. It is funded through state subsidies and public funds, and through the European Regional Development Fund.
Further reading
Transforming the lignite-fired Matra Power Plant into part of a renewable energy cluster. Read more.
Funding
The CINTRAN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 884539. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies with the authors and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of CINEA or other EU agencies or bodies.