Czech distributors connected more solar plants in the first half of the year than in all of last year

Interest in solar power plants in Czechia remains strong. Distributors connected almost 46.000 new photovoltaic installations to the grid in the first half of the year, nearly a quarter more than in the whole of last year combined. Distributors are therefore continuing to expand their installation capacity and invest in the grid. This is according to information provided by the companies to the Czech News Agency (ČTK). More than 116.000 photovoltaic installations are now connected to the grid in the Czech Republic.

The country’s largest distributor, ČEZ Distribuce, connected a record 27.628 new photovoltaic power plants to the grid in the first half of the year, with an installed capacity of 298 megawatts (MW). The number of installations connected by the company in the first half of the year is already almost a quarter higher than for all of last year. The total number of applications received by ČEZ during the first half of this year was almost 8000 higher still. These applications are awaiting processing. According to distributors, most of the new plants are rooftop installations on family homes. Around 95 percent of connection applications were for micro-sources of up to ten kilowatts connected at low voltage.