A significant step towards the construction of around 1600 megawatts of new power plant capacity in Eastern Hungary

In March, MVM Csoport launched open conditional tenders for the construction of combined cycle gas turbine power plant units, which, if successfully completed, will create a total of 1600 MW of modern power generation capacity at the Tiszaújváros and Visonta sites of the Tiszaai Power Plant and the Mátra Power Plant. Public procurement is now well advanced, the calls for tenders have been met with keen interest, and the bids of six to six bidders have been accepted, and the bidding phase will start with them, the Ministry of Energy said in a statement.

The ministry's brochure also describes the type of power plant blocks planned. It states,

Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plants are relatively quick to build, have very high efficiency, low specific carbon dioxide emissions and can be controlled according to the instantaneous consumption.

They emphasise that the large-scale use of weather-dependent renewable energy sources also requires sufficient balancing capacity - the planned units will provide the basis for the integration of thousands of megawatts of solar generation and will also be capable of firing hydrogen to some extent.

Brownfield investment planned in Tiszaújváros

Two units with a maximum capacity of 500 MW each are planned to be built at the Tiszaújváros base of the MVM Tisza Power Plant, and one unit with a maximum capacity of 650 MW each at the Visonta site of the MVM Mátra Energia Zrt. Mátra Power Plant .

The ministry stresses that the developments can make rational use of existing infrastructure, in full compliance with environmental standards. For example, the construction in Tiszaújváros will be carried out as a brownfield project on the site of a previously decommissioned oil-fired power plant.

The works are expected to start after the successful and successful completion of the public procurement procedures, with an estimated timeframe of 3-3.5 years.

The two new units in Tiszaújváros will produce an average of 5,200 GWh of electricity per year, while the one in Mátra will produce 3,800 GWh

They also point out that the circulars have been greeted by lively international interest, with the promise of price-driving competition. More than thirty interested parties per project downloaded the call materials. Following the processing of the replies to the calls for tender

For both the Visonta and Tiszaújváros sites, six to six applicants have qualified for the bidding phase, which is now starting. In addition to the Western European-based global companies, a detailed list of consortia including Egyptian, Greek, Chinese and Turkish firms is published in MVM Csoport.

The two new Tiszaújváros units will produce an average of 5,200 GWh of electricity per year, while the Mátra unit will produce 3,800 GWh. The MVM Csoport will contribute 800 MW of new, state-of-the-art control capacity to maintain the stability of the domestic electricity system, the ministry concludes.