Hungary will fund solar battery support for 57,000 homes
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Hungary’s Minister of Energy and Economy, István Kapitány, announced the government will provide non-refundable funding to 57,000 households with solar panels to purchase batteries.
Kapitány shared the news on social media, explaining the new storage capacity of at least 285 megawatts created in homes will contribute to more flexible, cleaner, and cheaper electricity use. The government plans to cover most of the program’s costs from the 2027 budget.
The Otthoni Energiatároló Program, originally announced by the previous government, already approved funding for 42,000 applicants in April, but no payments were made. The current government extended the completion deadline to February of next year and revised the application to include funding for a third more homes. Although the expanded program will reach more households, 57,000 is still far below the nearly 132,000 who applied by March of last year.
Kapitány stated that expanding storage capacity is essential for the effective use of renewable energy sources. Hungary had over 1,000 megawatts of battery capacity in September, a substantial increase from the 146 megawatts recorded at the end of the previous year, and aims to reach three to four times that amount by 2030.
