Czechia is behind on energy storage legislation, association calls for faster action

Czechia is continuing to fall behind on adopting domestic legislation for energy storage and flexibility aggregation, and the delay now stands at three years. The Association for Energy Storage AKU-BAT.cz has warned that the country is lagging behind its neighbours and could face penalties as a result. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO) is currently preparing an amendment to the Energy Act, which is also expected to cover energy storage. The association is calling for it to be adopted more quickly.

„We have been drawing attention to the legal vacuum for a long time, and we hope that energy storage, aggregation and flexibility will finally be incorporated into the LEX OZE III amendment. Without legislation, not only will renewable energy sources fail to expand on a large scale, but energy communities will not function properly either. At present, a municipality or another community cannot, for example, build a municipal battery or, later, an electrolyser to produce hydrogen,“ said Jan Fousek, the association’s executive director. In his view, energy storage could ease pressure on the Czech transmission and distribution grids and further boost the development of renewable energy sources.