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Solar overtakes gas to become Hungary’s second largest source of energy - OWID

Nuclear power is Hungary's biggest source of power, but solar has now overtaken gas as the second most important source of energy, says OWID.
Nuclear power is Hungary's biggest source of power, but solar has now overtaken gas as the second most important source of energy, says OWID.
REM - Renewable Energy
Newsbase 2 September 2025

A decade ago, solar power was almost non-existent in Hungary. It generated just 0.2% of the country’s electricity. Nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid, Our World in Data  (OWID)  reports.

But in the last ten years, things have changed a lot. You can see this in the chart: solar power has boomed, and now supplies one-quarter of Hungary’s electrical power. In 2024, it overtook gas to become the second-largest source of electricity, after nuclear.

Coal power has been largely displaced, first by gas and now by solar. This has helped cut the country’s CO2 emissions by 45% since 1990.