Czech Republic Energy Market Report

Institutions & Energy Policy
The Energy Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade is in charge of the country’s energy policy. At the end of 2007, the Czech Energy Agency, which was created in September 1995, was closed; ...

Energy Companies
Energy companies active in the market (production, import, export, distribution, refineries, LNG terminals) in the oil, gas, coal and power sectors.

Energy supply
Resources: The country has important coal reserves. The majority are located in the northern part of the Boheme River: 5.9 Gt of coal, 2.9 Gt (50%) of which is in anthracite deposits that are currently being exploited, and 2.9 Gt of lignite (50%) ...

Prices
Details of energy prices and taxes levels and evolution, by energy and by sector (oil, power, gas).

Consumption
Energy consumption per capita is high in relation to its level of development. It reached its peak in 1987 and has fallen slightly since then: 4 toe compared to 3.4 toe on average in the European Union (2010) ...

Issues & Prospects
According to the European Commission forecasts (DG-TREN), gross energy consumption should remain stable until 2020 ...

2010 Key data & Graphs

• Economic indicators: population, growth, etc.
• Supply indicators: reserves, capacity, production, external trade (per energy)
• Demand indicators: consumption per capita, total consumption, final consumption (per energy and per sector), energy security, energy efficiency, CO2 emissions
• Energy Balance : total and per energy