Hungary could connect to the grid more than 6 GW of wind farms by 2040 in an attempt to reduce its exposure to geopolitical shocks by cutting its need for power imports, according to the State Secretary for Energy, Andras Totth.
With Hungary now having almost 9 GW of solar parks in operation, the government will seek to further expand the country’s solar capacity primarily on a market basis, Totth said at the Portfolio Energy Investment Forum 2026 conference organised by news portal Portfolio.hu.
Unlike solar, wind power has not been on the rise in Hungary over the past years and currently the country has less than 350 MW of wind farms. Last month, however, the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (MEKH) published a call for tenders for wind power plants, with a submission deadline of October 30, 2026. Preliminary results should be published on MEKH’s website by December 13, 2026, at the latest.
Presently, Hungary is so reliant on energy imports that there were days when the country had resorted to meeting its consumption with imports only, as water levels on the Danube River plunged and affected the operation of the only local nuclear power plant, Totth revealed. Nevertheless, the state secretary for energy considers the lifetime extension of this facility a “critical project”.
