Hungary to build green-powered town on the Danube – Project worth EUR 1 billion to rely on renewable energy entirely

Hungary is planning to create a green-powered town with jobs and housing for thousands on a barren strip of Danube flood plain.

The 1 billion-euro Hegyeshalom-Bezenye project in northwest Hungary will be the size of about 500 soccer pitches and have full amenities such as schools and shopping facilities, said co-developers EON SE and German property company FAKT AG, Bloomberg reports.

The carbon-neutral town will draw mainly on solar and biogas power and will create as many as 5,000 permanent jobs in the greenhouse venture, Nikolai Ulrich, a board member of FAKT, said by phone.

When complete, Hegyeshalom-Bezenye will include about 1,000 homes, a restaurant, hotel, rail station, shopping facilities as well as schools and training units. The project embeds a sustainable water management policy that aims to avoid lowering the area’s water table, said Ulrich.

Cooling will be supplied via geothermal plants, he said

EON SE

FAKT AG

Nikolai Ulrich

Hegyeshalom Bezenye

solar energy

energy from biogas

glass green houses

restaurant

hotel

railway station

shops

schools

lowering water table

geothermal plants

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