LMP calls on govt not to extend Matrai coal plant operating licence

Green opposition LMP has called on the government not to extend the operating licence of the Matrai Eromu coal-based electricity plant near Gyongyos, in northern Hungary, which will expire at the end of 2025. Party lawmaker Peter Ungar told a press conference on Friday that the government had repeatedly stated that it wants to transform the system of energy supplies to be based on a combination of renewable resources and nuclear energy. If this is true, then there is no reason to extend the operating licence of a "real climate-killer power plant", he added.