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What is the energy sector like in Czech Republic?

Includes a market overview and trade data. The Czech energy sector is largely built around two large nuclear plants and several smaller conventional coal power plants. Nuclear and coal power plants provide primarily baseload power at a high level of utilization, while gas fired units, reservoir hydro and pumped storage provide flexible generation.

Is the Czech Republic ready for a phase-out of coal?

A key challenge of the Czech Republic’s energy sector over the next decade is to prepare for the phase-out of coal from the energy mix. As the country’s only domestic fossil fuel, coal has been and still is a key energy source in the Czech Republic.

Is coal still a key energy source in the Czech Republic?

As the country’s only domestic fossil fuel, coal has been and still is a key energy source in the Czech Republic. In 2019, it accounted for one-third of total energy supply, 46% of electricity generation and over 25% of residential heating.

Can the Czech Republic retrain coal miners and power plant workers?

The Czech Republic is hence well placed to leverage the funding to be provided under the European Just Transition Fund, which can be used, among others, to retrain coal miners and power plant workers. The Czech Republic has progressed notably in terms of energy efficiency measures since the IEA’s last in-depth review in 2016.

Do Czech oil refineries have emergency stockholding obligations?

There is no emergency stockholding obligation on the Czech oil industry and all emergency stocks are owned by the government. At times of minor supply disruptions, the refineries have called on the government to release emergency stocks to avoid curtailing operations, which indicates that industry operational stocks are rather low.

Where does the Czech Republic buy oil & gas?

The country is integrated into regional transmission systems and can purchase oil and gas from different countries based on market prices in Rotterdam or elsewhere. Most oil and gas are imported via Germany. The Czech Republic has two nuclear power plants at Dukovany and Temelin, which delivered over 31 TWh of electricity in 2022.