Czech Republic - Wind power output to multiply in 2009 - Report

A report from Energy Regulatory Office said that the wind power production should increase several times in the Czech Republic in 2009 to around 700 GWh, while estimates for this year are over 100 GWh. The share of wind power plants in the total power production in the Czech Republic would thus reach nearly 1%. In 2007, it topped one tenth of percent and it will remain quite the same this year.

The so called renewable energy sources are having an increasingly larger significance in the Czech energy production, although most experts claim these will always remain in the minority compared to traditional sources of energy.

According to the ERU data, in 2007, they produced more than 2,300 GWh of electricity, which is nearly 3% of total electricity produced and around 4% of power consumed in the country.

According to the data from the analytical company EGU Brno, in 2000, their share in power production and consumption did not even reach 1 percent, with wind power plants contributing almost nothing. In the past several years, the number of wind poles has risen and this year, all Czech wind power plants' installed capacity is 354 MW.

ERU estimates that power production from both the wind and solar power plants should increase in 2009.