Company

For more than ten years, E.ON Hungária has been based in Hungary and supplies almost three million customers from 15 regions with electricity and gas. Until now, the distribution in comparison to the production portfolio of E.ON in Hungary was significantly unbalanced. Only a two percent share in the production compared to a 46 percent share in the distribution was what E.ON had to show. Since May 2006, E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH has been represented on the Hungarian power market with its subsidiary E.ON Erömüvek Kft.. E.ON Erömüvek Kft. will become the power station operator of the new combined cycle power plant, which E.ON Kraftwerke is developing.

Power market

Similar to most European countries, Hungary is facing massive rehabilitation investments in its power station park. In doing so, Hungary is placing its hopes in different primary energy sources. Apart from the renewable ones, coal and natural gas will primarily be used. On account of the economic growth and the age of the existing plants, a capacity deficit of approx. 3,500 MW is predicted for the year 2020. The combined cycle power plant of E.ON Erömüvek Kft. is to cover a portion of the medium load with a gross output of 433 megawatts.

Region

The most advanced combined cycle power plant of the country is to be built near the village of Gönyü in the North West of the country. Gönyü is located near the town of Györ, one of the country’s most important industrial sites. Due to its site-specific climatic conditions and the existing first-class infrastructure (Danube water for cooling purposes, grid connection, gas connection), the power station site Gönyü is regarded as one of the most attractive power station sites.

Power station

The environmentally friendly combined cycle power plant is to be started up in 2010 and will generate approx. two billion kilowatt hours per year. This quantity is sufficient to supply more than 600,000 households with power. With a net efficiency of 58 percent, the power station is one of the most efficient plants in the world. For its construction, E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH intends to spend roughly 400 million Euro. The power station output may be optionally doubled to approx. 800 megawatts.