Hydroelectricity in Hungary

Hydroelectricity is not prevalent in Hungary due to unsuitable geographical conditions and civil resentment.

The complex was built together with Czechoslovakia, but cancelled after the fall of Communism in Hungary.

The ICJ ruled in the legal dispute between the two countries, but the practical problems arising from the functioning of the dam are still unsettled.

[2] Due to the environmental concerns of the Hungarian society, no major hydroelectric projects are supported by the government.

However, plans exist to create new dams on the Danube to make the river more suitable for navigation.