ESG, Green Deal, carbon neutrality, renewable energy sources in the Czech Republic. These are the terms which have been forming the future of energy sector.
The graph down captures the development of shares of the individual source types on the total iPhotovoltaic, hydroelectric and wind power plants are the main renewable resources. The category of other power plants ( The category of other power plants includes coal, gas and steam power plants.) includes resources that are not counted in on a long-term basis. Despite their decline, these resources are still important concerning the installed capacity in the Czech Republic.
This increasing tendency of the shares of renewable resources on the total installed capacity has been recording for the last three years.
Mainly due to generous subsidies and other government support, photovoltaic power plants in the Czech Republic experienced a huge boom in 2009 and 2010. The second biggest renewable resource is hydroelectric power plants. Following the realized analysis, big hydroelectric power plants make almost 70% of the installed output of the hydroelectric power plants in the Czech Republic. Concerning the number of installed outputs, wind power plants is a less used renewable resource in the country in comparison with countries such as the Netherlands or Germany, where there are more favourable climatic conditions.
The Czech government approved a plan in 2020, which anticipates an increase of renewable resource share of 22% of the total energy consumption.
Till 2030 the increase of the installed output should be like this:
- Hydroelectric power plants with 1 127 MWe (the increase of 1,5 % contrary to the present)
- Wind power plants with 970 MWe (the increase of 186 % contrary to the present)
- Photovoltaic power plants with 3 975 MWe (the increase of 92 % contrary to the present)
Despite the increase of the installed capacity of wind power stations, photovoltaic power stations will have the leading position among the renewable resources. The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic expects that expenses connected with performing the goals in the section „renewable resources“ can be approximately CZK 900 billion, including the support of the existing sources.
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