Czech Moravian-Silesian Region to install solar panels on more buildings

The Moravian-Silesian Region is continuing to install photovoltaic power plants on regional buildings. The Regional Council has approved five more solar projects. Regional spokeswoman Nikola Birklenová told reporters today. If the region installed photovoltaic systems on all its buildings where this is technically feasible, annual electricity consumption could be reduced by up to 20 percent, according to the regional government. This would mean annual savings of around CZK 150 million in the regional budget.

„This year, we commissioned structural assessments for more than 70 regional buildings. We want to find out where solar panels can be installed to generate electricity. The assessments are being completed on an ongoing basis, and wherever it has been determined that photovoltaics are feasible, work is beginning on the projects themselves,“ said Deputy Governor Jakub Unucka (ODS).

Work is now beginning on plans to install solar panels at the grammar school in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, the secondary technical school in Nový Jičín, the Secondary School of Services and Business in Ostrava, the Moravian-Silesian Region Roads Administration in Frýdek-Místek, the Náš svět organisation’s building in Pržno, and at the Harmonie regional contributory organisation in Krnov.

„A battery for storing the electricity generated will also be installed at each of these power plants. The projects will use the Design & Build method, which has the advantage of putting both the project design and construction in the hands of a single company, helping to speed up delivery,“ Unucka said.

Photovoltaic panels have already been installed, for example, on the roof of the Sagapo social care facility in Bruntál, the Mikuláš Koperník Grammar School in Bílovec, several other schools, the regional authority building and the regional hospital in Frýdek-Místek. „We calculated that if we installed photovoltaic systems on all regional buildings where this is possible, their total capacity would be around 4 MWp (megawatt-peak). That much energy would cover the annual consumption of around 2,000 households. It would be enough electricity for the whole of Klimkovice or, for example, Dětmarovice,“ Unucka added.