Hybrid Power Plant for Electricity Storage, Unique to Central Europe, Inaugurated [Video]

A hybrid power plant capable of storing electricity was inaugurated on Tuesday in Öskü, Veszprém county in western Hungary, which – unique to Central Europe – can store solar energy for six hours.

Attila Steiner, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Policy, emphasized that the plant fits well into the government’s energy policy. The aim is to produce as much green energy as possible and to store it for as long as possible.

With its six-hour storage capacity, the solar power plant in Öskü is unique in Central Europe,

he noted.

The State Secretary recalled that the Ministry of Innovation and Technology set a target of 6,000 megawatts for solar power generation by 2030, years ago, but this has already been reached this year, raising the target to 12,000 megawatts.

The politician said that the country has 20-30 megawatts of storage capacity, which they want to increase by 460 megawatts from a …