General Manager
SolServices Kft.
Budapest, Hungary
Bijen Jalili (full name Atilla Bijen Jalili) is General Manager of SolServices, a Budapest-based solar developer and independent power producer that operates utility-scale solar parks in Hungary and is adding battery storage. He has worked in renewable energy since 2013 and writes about the business side of Hungary's energy transition.
On cannibalisation
“Each new solar park lowers the price that every solar park earns.”
Grid capacity, MEKH tenders, support schemes and the rules that decide what gets built.
How battery storage earns money in Hungary, and why solar parks are adding it.
Capture rates, negative prices and how PPAs share the risk between buyer and seller.
How lenders size solar debt, how parks change hands, and what payback looks like.
The monthly decisions that move the numbers at an operating solar IPP.
Finance and investment
Solar park loan DSCR in Hungary: how banks size debt with P90 yield, a DSRA and merchant haircuts, how KÁT, METÁR and merchant revenue differ, and SolServices' loans.
11 min read
Finance and investment
How to buy a solar park in Hungary: share vs asset deals, due diligence, MEKH licence transfer, KÁT and METÁR support, FDI screening and the state pre-emption right.
11 min read
Grid and policy
MEKH's 702 MVA wind grid-capacity tender closes on 30 Oct 2026. Nine nodes, 100-point scoring, bonds, and what storage and solar owners can and cannot do.
11 min read
Energy storage
How battery storage makes money in Hungary: arbitrage on HUPX, FCR, aFRR, mFRR and imbalance, and what MAVIR joining PICASSO and MARI in October 2026 changed.
11 min read
Grid and policy
Hungary Decree 131/2026 (VIII. 28.) amends seven decrees: new storage-levy exemptions, battery notification rules and permitting changes. KÁT and METÁR are unchanged.
9 min read
Grid and policy
KÁT is the closed fixed-price scheme, METÁR the tender-won green premium, METÁROLÓ the grid-battery grant. Who can join in 2026, what each pays and for how long.
11 min read
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