Wind power covered one percent of consumption last year, Czechia lags far behind Europe

Wind power covered one percent of electricity consumption in Czechia last year. Its share has also stagnated in recent years. The Czech Republic is therefore lagging far behind the European average: across the continent, wind power covers 17 percent of consumption and its share continues to grow. This is according to data from the European wind energy association WindEurope. Industry representatives say the length of the construction preparation process is the problem.

Wind farms with a total installed capacity of 339 megawatts (MW) are currently operating in Czechia. Although four new wind farms were built last year for the first time since 2019—specifically as part of the Moravice-Melč II project in the Moravian-Silesian Region, with a total capacity of 8.8 MW—they are still awaiting connection to the grid. Across Europe, wind farms with a capacity of 19.1 gigawatts (GW) were operating last year, around 85 percent of them in the EU.