However, the owner of the plant – the government – decided that the current lignite and gas based power generating unit is to be shut down in 2025 due to the aging generating equipment, the low quality of the local lignite, and the resulting environmental problems as well as the high emission costs.

The original construction project was started in 1965, when a lignite field was discovered near Gyöngyös.

The company was then privatized and, subsequently, a controlling interest was acquired by RWE in 1995.

[8] The entire power station required an upgrade and retrofit program.

As it emitted high levels of sulfur, flue-gas desulphurisation units were equipped to comply with EU emission standards.