Mátra Power Plant

Mátra Power Plant (Hungarian: Mátrai Erőmű), is a lignite fired power plant majority owned by MVM, the Hungarian state owned power company since 2019. It is located in the valley of the Mátra mountains, in Hungary. It has an installed electric power output of 950 MW, however, one 200 MW generator has been on permanent hiatus since January 2021. According to the government energy strategy announced in 2021, most of the existing lignite-fuelled units would be shut down in 2025, and a new 500 MW gas-fired unit would be added as well as up to 400 MW in solar power. Due to the energy crisis in 2022, the switch to natural gas was delayed to 2028 or 2029. The major coal units of the plant were the largest electricity producers after Paks Nuclear Power Plant in 2014 (and before), with a market share of more than 20%. This changed to around 7% of the country's electricity production in 2023, and to only 3% in 2025. Mátra Power Plant is also a minor producer of electricity from its natural gas based power units accounting for around 1% of domestic electricity production. The plant was once considered an important pillar in the national energy sector because it burns domestic fuel (lignite), unlike most other electricity plants in Hungary. However, the owner of the plant – the government – decided that the current lignite and gas based power generating unit is to be shut down by 2029 due

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