Here is how Hungarian spas will combat rising energy prices

A lot of people are feeling the effects of energy prices, and spas are certainly no exception. For this reason, several thermal spas in Hungary are trying to improve their energy efficiency, as they could not survive for long without any cost-saving decisions.

Zoltán Balogh, the Secretary of the Hungarian Spa Association, said that spas are trying to fight the spiralling energy prices according to their own abilities and resources. According to him, given Hungary’s resources, several spas could make efficient use of thermal energy of the thermal water for energy management purposes.

The implementation of energy efficiency

Balogh told InfoRadio in a brief interview that since the heat pumps used to utilise heat energy are quite energy-intensive, the additional energy costs have to be met somehow.

The installation of solar panels is a perfect solution for this problem,

he added.

These investments can be achieved by the operators of the spas from their own resources and partly from grant resources. He also pointed out that some grants were already available in 2022. Furthermore, as he said, the association also advocated these grant opportunities, so that as many spas as possible could have access to them, since plenty of them would not be able to operate without any support.

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Some energy efficiency grants already received

One of the spas that has the opportunity to improve its energy efficiency with grant funding, is the Harkány Thermal Spa in Harkány. According to bama.hu, the spa will use HUF 306 million (EUR 764,000) to build a solar power plant, which will enable it to cover almost 20 percent of its electricity consumption from it own renewable energy.

At current prices, this could result in annual savings of HUF 120 million (EUR 300,000) on electricity bills,

the news site says.

According to termalonline.hu, the Bocskai Thermal Spa in Hajdúböszörmény has received a HUF 300 million (EUR 748,000) grant.

Thanks to this grant, they will utilise the heat from the thermal water. As the mayor of the town said, the spa would be able to heat the building and the swimming pools with the renewable energy. They expect that the thermal energy could cover the entire energy costs of the spa.

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Source: infostart.hu, bama.hu, termalonline.hu