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Inotai hőerőmű
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The thermal power plant of Inota, was the largest industrial investment in Hungary in the 50s, and at its peak it could have supplied the whole of Budapest with electricity. Not only are its three huge, illustrious cooling towers familiar to anyone driving to Lake Balaton from the capital, but it is also worth knowing that their novel water-cooling technology was a revolutionary innovation at the time, winning engineers László Heller and László Forgó the Grand Prix at the 1958 Brussels World Exhibition. Thanks to Inota, these uniquely shaped cooling towers soon became widespread throughout the world.