The Czech Republic's biggest power company, ČEZ, has taken a leading role in "greening" the energy sector in Central and Eastern Europe, ČEZ CEO Martin Roman told EurActiv Czech Republic in an interview.

The installed capacity of wind and solar energy projects approved in the Czech Republic is nearly four times what can be safely fed into the country's electricity grid, energy distributors said on Wednesday (10 March).

The Czech EU Presidency yesterday (6 January) published its priorities, with statements regarding energy supply security seemingly hyped up with a view to reassuring the Union amid the ongoing gas dispute betweeb Russia and Ukraine. With additonal reporting from EurActiv Czech Republic, the official media partner of the Czech Presidency.

EU lawmakers have agreed to free up €146 million from uncommitted funds from the European Energy Recovery Plan to finance energy efficiency and renewables projects, MEPs said.

The Czech Republic's intention to hand out free CO2 allowances to CEZ, an already profitable energy company, would turn it into a dominant actor on the EU energy market and paradoxically threaten competition, writes Barbora Hanzlova, from the CEE Bankwatch Network. More »

One of the three E’s or priorities of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council is Energy, while the other two are the Economy and the European Union in the world. Even if the Czech Republic chairs the meetings of the Council and the European Council only during six months, the priorities chosen are of strategic importance. The economy is in tatters almost globally. Energy supply and energy mar...

The EU should focus its attention on building new power production and transmission capacity, because energy security is not only about diversifying supplies away from oil and gas, said speakers at a conference organised by the Czech EU Presidency. EurActiv Czech Republic reports from Ostrava.

The European Commission plans to impose binding energy-efficiency targets on EU member states, according to a draft of the EU's revised Energy Efficiency Action Plan obtained by EurActiv.

European energy market integration is happening, albeit slowly, Lord John Mogg, president of the European Energy Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), argued in an interview with EurActiv Czech Republic.

European energy market integration is happening, albeit slowly, Lord John Mogg, president of the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), argued in an interview with EurActiv Czech Republic.