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retrieved 6 May 2012 In 2014, no new installations were reported. In 2003 a Czech-Austrian information and training center for solar power was founded in the village of Věžovatá Pláně in
The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
had almost two gigawatt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Wat ...
s (GW) of photovoltaic capacity at the end of 2010, but installed less than 10 megawatts (MW) in 2011 due to the feed-in tariff
A feed-in tariff (FIT, FiT, standard offer contract,Couture, T., Cory, K., Kreycik, C., Williams, E., (2010)Policymaker's Guide to Feed-in Tariff Policy Design National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy advanced renewable tariff, ...
being reduced by 25%, after installing almost 1,500 MW the year before. Installations increased to 109 MW in 2012.Photovoltaic energy barometer 2009 – EurObserv’ER/ref>Photovoltaic energy barometer 2010 – EurObserv’ER
/ref>Photovoltaic energy barometer 2011 – EurObserv’ER
retrieved 6 May 2012 In 2014, no new installations were reported. In 2003 a Czech-Austrian information and training center for solar power was founded in the village of Věžovatá Pláně in
South Bohemia
The South Bohemian Region ( cs, Jihočeský kraj; , ) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located mostly in the southern part of its historical land of Bohemia, with a small part in southwestern Moravia. The western part ...
. That same year major Josef Mach claimed that the electricity from the Temelín nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic would be abandoned. He is known as one of the biggest Temelín opponents in the Czech Republic.
See also
* Renewable energy in the Czech Republic *Energy in the Czech Republic
Energy in the Czech Republic describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in the Czech Republic.
Overview
Primary energy consumption per million people in 2008 was 50 TWh compared to other countries (TWh): Canada 93 (310 ...
*List of renewable energy topics by country
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*Solar power in the European Union
Solar power consists of photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal energy in the European Union.
In 2010, the €2.6 billion European solar heating sector consisted of small and medium-sized businesses, generated 17.3 terawatt-hours (TWh) of energy, ...
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