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Climate and nature protection plan; energy policy strategy

2020Adaptation, MitigationPolicyStrategyMore details
Sectors: Economy-wide, Energy, Transport
On June 4th, 2020, the parliament  passed a resolution on "non-deferred tasks arising from climate change". This resolution approves the governmental climate and nature protection plan and related energy policy strategies. This plan and related documents aim at mitigating and adapting to climate change, upgrade the country's energy systems, enhance energy efficiency and decarbonise electricity generation.

The document sets a 92 million euro fund to be granted to small and medium companies switching to energy production from renewable sources. It sets goals of solar capacity deployment, low carbon electricity production, number of electric buses, and encourages the uptake of electric vehicles.

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Climate and nature protection plan; energy policy strategy
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  • 90 % of electricity supply to be zero carbon by 2030Energy: Renewable Energy · Target year: 2030
  • Budget 36 billion HUF over 10 years (2020-2030) for Green Bus PorgrammeTransport · Target year: 2030
  • Only electric buses will be allowed from 2022 in municipalities with a population of over 25,000.Transport · Target year: 2022
  • 25% households have smart meter installed by 2030Energy · Target year: 2030
  • At least 1 million smart meters will be installed in electricity grids by 2030Energy · Target year: 2030

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