National Energy Saving Programme

The programme was established to replace the energy portion of the Széchenyi Plan. The National Energy Savings Programme (NEP) NEP-2003-6 targets municipalities and individuals and NEP-2003-7 targets entrepreneurs and provides subsidies for renewable energy investments to replace conventional energy sources, reduce environmental pollution and adapt to the energy policy of the European Union. The budget for NEP-6 was HUF 140 million and HUF 180 million for NEP-7. In 2004, NEP 2004-5 (municipalities and individuals) and NEP 2004-6 (for entrepreneurs) offers grants for renewable energy investments, with budgets of 100 million HUF per sub-programme.