Solar power in the Czech Republic
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As of 2025, solar power in the Czech Republic represented 14.7% of the total energy share,[3] with an installed capacity of 5.5 GW[1] and a generation of 4.4 TWh at the end of the year.[2] The country experienced a 12-year absence from new photovoltaic installations between 2011 and 2023 due to anti-PV campaigns that led to the feed-in tariff being reduced by 25%.[4] While it had almost two gigawatts (GW) of capacity at the end of 2010, of which almost 1,500 MW installed in the same year, it added less than 10 MW in 2011 and 109 MW in 2012.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 2014, no new installations were reported.
| Year | Installed | Total (MWp) | Generation (GWh) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.313 | 0.843 | ||
| 2007 | 3.118 | 3.961 | ||
| 2008 | 51 | 54.674 | ||
| 2009 | 411.2 | 465.9 | 88.8 | [12] |
| 2010 | 1,495.8 | 1,959.1 | 615.7 | [13] |
| 2011 | 0 | 1,913.4 | 2,182.0 | [14] |
| 2012 | 109.0 | 2,022.4 | 2,149.0 | [15] |
| 2013 | 110.4 | 2,132.4 | 2,070.0 | [16] |
| 2014 | -82 [17] | 2,050 | 2,121.7 [18] | [16] |
| 2015 | 20 [17] | 2,070 [19] | 2,238 [18] | |
| 2016 | -40 [17] | 2,030 [19] | 2,134 [18] | |
| 2017 | 10 [17] | 2,040 [19] | 2,152 [18] | |
| 2018 | 10 [17] | 2,050 [19] | 2,331 [18] | |
| 2019 | 10 [17] | 2,060 [19] | 2,262 [18] | |
| 2020 | -10 [17] | 2,050 [19] | 2,160 [18] | |
| 2021 | 0 [17] | 2,050 [19] | 2,185 [18] | |
| 2022 | 30 [17] | 2,080 [19] | 2,368 [18] | |
| 2023 | 1,460 [17] | 3,550 [19] | 2,780 [18] | |
| 2024 | 870 [17] | 4,420 [19] | 3,905 [18] | |
| 2025 | 920 [17] | 5,330 [19] | 4,708 [18] |
Source: Photovoltaic Barometer:[16][15][12][13][14]
Energy-Charts.info, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems[19][17][18]
| Photovoltaic power station | Region | Site co-ordinates | Nominal power (MWp) |
Production (annual GW·h) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralsko Solar Park[20][21] | Liberec | 50°37′N 14°48′E | 38.3 | Completed December 2010 | |
| Vepřek Solar Park[22][23] | Central Bohemian | 50°18′N 14°19′E | 35.1 | 186,960 modules, completed September 2010 | |
| Ševětín Solar Park[24][25] | South Bohemian | 49°11′N 14°36′E | 29.902 | Completed December 2010 | |
| Bežerovice[26] | South Bohemian | 3.013 | |||
| Buštěhrad[26] | Central Bohemian | 2.396 | |||
| Čekanice[26] | South Bohemian | 4.48 | |||
| Dukovany[26] | Vysočina | 0.01 | |||
| Hrušovany[26] | South Moravia | 3.73 | 3.7 | ||
| Chýnov[26] | South Bohemian | 2.009 | |||
| Mimoň[26] | Ústí | 17.494 | |||
| Pánov[26] | South Moravia | 2.134 | |||
| Přelouč[26] | Pardubice | 0.0208 | |||
| Vranovská Ves[26] | South Moravia | 16.033 | |||
| Žabčice[26] | South Moravia | 5.6 |
In 2003 a Czech-Austrian information and training center for solar power was founded in the village of Věžovatá Pláně in South Bohemia.[27] 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.
