Bezpieczeństwo energetyczne Republiki Czeskiej w kontekście polityki energetycznej Unii Europejskiej

Abstract

The Czech Republic struggles with most of the problems related to energy security issues that need to be solved at the level of European Union; that is why the country supports creation of EU energy policy and power industry was one of the three pillars of Czech presidency in EU in 2009. To a great extent, the Czech economy is dependent on the import of natural gas and oil, mainly from Russia, and has limited possibilities for development of alternative energy sources. Threats resulting from old infrastructure of production and transport of energy, as well as low energy efficiency, are serious problems. Czech people pay a lot of attention to European discussion on the development of nuclear power industry that can become one of the pillars of energy production in Czech Republic in the future. They are also vivid supporters of liberalization of energy markets which allowed to finish works on the third energy liberalization package.