The following page lists major power stations in the Czech Republic . As of 31 December 2009, power stations in Czech Republic have an installed electrical generating capacity of 18,326 MWe; of these 3,830 MWe in nuclear plants, 11,655 MWe in other thermal plants, 2,183 MWe in hydro plants, 193 MWe in wind power plants and 465 MWe in solar plants. [1] Because of generous feed-in tariff solar plants boomed in 2010, reaching 1,394 MWe as of December 1, 2010. [2]
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Type | Capacity, MWe | Operational | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dukovany NPP | Dukovany | 49°05′11″N16°08′44″E / 49.0863325°N 16.1454391°E | VVER | 471 | 1985- | upgraded from 440 MWe in 2007 |
| 49°05′09″N16°08′48″E / 49.0858688°N 16.1467052°E | VVER | 471 | 1986- | |||
| 49°05′07″N16°08′57″E / 49.0851521°N 16.1491513°E | VVER | 471 | 1987- | upgraded from 440 MWe in 2005 | ||
| 49°05′05″N16°09′02″E / 49.0847445°N 16.1504388°E | VVER | 471 | 1987- | upgraded from 440 MWe in 2007 | ||
| Temelín NPP | Temelín | 49°10′49″N14°22′31″E / 49.1802797°N 14.3752992°E | VVER | 1,068 | 2002- | |
| 49°10′46″N14°22′38″E / 49.1795363°N 14.3772733°E | VVER | 1,068 | 2003- | |||
This is a list of power stations with a capacity greater than 100 MW.
This is a list of power stations with a capacity greater than 15 MW.
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity, MWe | Gross power generation 2008 (GWh) | type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dlouhé Stráně Hydro Power Plant | Loučná nad Desnou | 50°05′03″N17°10′52″E / 50.084298°N 17.1810293°E | 650 | 152 | pumped-storage | ČEZ |
| Dalešice Hydro Power Plant | Kramolín | 49°07′27″N16°07′28″E / 49.1242473°N 16.1243677°E | 450 | 170 | pumped-storage | ČEZ |
| Orlík Hydro Power Plant | Solenice | 49°36′25″N14°10′52″E / 49.6068444°N 14.1812253°E | 364 | 300 | conventional | ČEZ |
| Slapy Hydro Power Plant | Štěchovice | 49°49′25″N14°26′04″E / 49.8235461°N 14.4345009°E | 144 | 248 | conventional | ČEZ |
| Lipno Hydro Power Plant | Lipno nad Vltavou | 48°37′59″N14°14′24″E / 48.6329937°N 14.2399335°E | 120 | 148 | conventional | ČEZ |
| Štěchovice Pumped Storage Power Station | Štěchovice | 45 | pumped-storage | ČEZ | ||
| Kamýk Hydro Power Plant | Kamýk nad Vltavou | 40 | conventional | ČEZ | ||
| Štěchovice Hydro Power Plant | Štěchovice | 22.5 | conventional | ČEZ | ||
| Střekov Hydro Power Plant | Ústí nad Labem | 19.5 | run-of-the-river | ČEZ | ||
| Vranov Hydro Power Plant | Vranov nad Dyjí | 18.9 | conventional | E.ON Trend |
| Name | Capacity, MWe | Type | Owner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kryštofovy Hamry Wind Park [8] | 42 | wind | ecoenerg Windkraft | ||
| Ralsko Solar Park Ra 1 [9] | 38 | photovoltaic | ČEZ | ||
| Vepřek Solar Park | 35 | photovoltaic | FVE CZECH NOVUM | ||
| Ševětín Solar Park [10] [11] | 30 | photovoltaic | ČEZ | ||
| Horní Loděnice Wind Park [12] | 18 | wind | Větrná energie HL | ||
| Mimoň Solar Park Ra 3 [13] | 17 | photovoltaic | ČEZ | ||
| Vranovská Ves Solar Park [14] | 16 | photovoltaic | ČEZ | ||
| Solar Stříbro [15] | 14 | photovoltaic | Solar Stříbro | ||
| ŽV - SUN Solar Park [16] | 13 | photovoltaic | Z-Grop | ||
| Uherský Brod Solar Park [17] | 10 | photovoltaic | Divalia | ||
| Sulkov Solar Park [18] | 10 | photovoltaic | Scatec Solar | ||
| Chrudichromy Solar Park [19] [20] | 10 | photovoltaic | ?? | ||
| many other stations | <10 | ||||
India is the third largest producer of electricity in the world. The national electric grid in India has an installed capacity of 399.467 GW as of 31 March 2022. Renewable power plants, which also include large hydroelectric plants, constitute 39.2 % of total installed capacity. During the fiscal year (FY) 2019–20, the gross electricity generated by utilities in India was 1,383.5 TWh and the total electricity generation in the country was 1,598 TWh. The gross electricity consumption in FY2019 was 1,208 kWh per capita. In FY2015, electric energy consumption in agriculture was recorded as being the highest (17.89%) worldwide. The per capita electricity consumption is low compared to most other countries despite India having a low electricity tariff.
NLC India Limited (NLC) is a government-owned-fossil fuel miner and thermal power generator under the ownership of Ministry of Coal, Government of India. It annually produces about 30 million tonnes of Lignite from opencast mines at Neyveli in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India and at Barsingsar in Bikaner district of Rajasthan state. The lignite is used at pithead thermal power stations of 3640 MW installed capacity to produce electricity. Its joint venture has a 1000 MW thermal power station using coal. Lately, it has diversified into renewable energy production and installed 1404 MW solar power plant to produce electricity from photovoltaic (PV) cells and 51 MW electricity from windmills.
NRG Energy, Inc. is an American energy company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. It was formerly the wholesale arm of Northern States Power Company (NSP), which became Xcel Energy, but became independent in 2000. NRG Energy is involved in energy generation and retail electricity. Their portfolio includes natural gas generation, coal generation, oil generation, nuclear generation, wind generation, utility scale generation, and distributed solar generation. NRG serves 6 million retail customers in 24 US states including Texas, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio; the District of Columbia, and eight provinces in Canada.
The Dukovany Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power plant near Dukovany in the Czech Republic.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power is a subsidiary of the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). It operates large nuclear and hydroelectric plants in South Korea, which are responsible for about 27 percent of the country's electric power.
Many countries and territories have installed significant solar power capacity into their electrical grids to supplement or provide an alternative to conventional energy sources. Solar power plants use one of two technologies:
Temelín Nuclear Power Station is located near Temelín, a small village in the Czech Republic. Temelín NPP is owned by ČEZ Group, which employs 1000 workers at this site. The adjacent castle Vysoký Hrádek serves as an information centre.
The Prunéřov Power Station was the largest coal-fired power station in the Czech Republic with an installed capacity of 1,490 MW. Unit I was shut down in June 2020, while recently modernized Unit II continues to operate. Besides the electricity, it also supplies heat to the towns of Chomutov, Jirkov, and Klášterec nad Ohří. The installed capacity for heat generation is 500 MW. The station is located near Kadaň and operated by ČEZ Group.
ČEZ Group is a conglomerate of 96 companies, 72 of them in the Czech Republic. Its core business is the generation, distribution, trade in, and sales of electricity and heat, trade in and sales of natural gas, and coal extraction. ČEZ Group operates also in Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey. ČEZ, a.s. is listed on Prague Stock Exchange and Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The Czech Republic operates two nuclear power plants: Temelín and Dukovany. In 2010 there were government and corporate moves to expand Czech nuclear power generation capacity. Any expansion is likely to build on plans first developed in the 1980s.
As of 2018, renewable energy accounted for 79% of the domestically produced electricity used in Brazil.
China is the world's leading country in electricity production from renewable energy sources, with over triple the generation of the second-ranking country, the United States. China's renewable energy sector is growing faster than its fossil fuels and nuclear power capacity, and is expected to contribute 43 percent of global renewable capacity growth. China's total renewable energy capacity exceeded 1,000GW in 2021, accounting for 43.5 per cent of the country's total power generation capacity, 10.2 percentage points higher than in 2015. The country aims to have 80 per cent of its total energy mix come from non-fossil fuel sources by 2060, and achieve a combined 1,200GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030.
J. Robert Welsh Power Plant is a 1-gigawatt, coal power plant located east of Pittsburg, Texas in Titus County, Texas. It is operated by SWEPCO, a subsidiary of AEP. The plant is named after J. Robert Welsh, a former President and Board Chairman of SWEPCO.
China's electric power industry is the world's largest electricity producer, passing the United States in 2011 after rapid growth since the early 1990s. In 2019, China produced more electricity than the next three countries—U.S., India, and Russia—combined.
Big Bend Power Station is a major coal-fired power plant, located across Tampa Bay from Tampa, Florida, USA, on nearly 1,500 acres (6 km2) in southwestern Hillsborough County, close to Apollo Beach. It is owned and operated by TECO Energy. Three similar units were launched in the early 1970s, followed by a newer 486-MWe unit 4 in 1985.
NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, is an Indian public sector undertaking. It engaged in generation of electricity and allied activities. It is a statutory corporation incorporated under the Companies Act 1956 and is under the ownership of Ministry of Power, Government of India. The headquarters of the company is situated at New Delhi. NTPC's core function is the generation and distribution of electricity to State Electricity Boards in India. The body also undertakes consultancy and turnkey project contracts that involve engineering, project management, construction management, and operation and management of power plants.
The Czech Republic had almost two gigawatts (GW) of photovoltaic capacity at the end of 2010, but installed less than 10 megawatts (MW) in 2011 due to the feed-in tariff being reduced by 25%, after installing almost 1,500 MW the year before. Installations increased to 109 MW in 2012. In 2014, no new installations were reported.
Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (EPH) is a Czech Republic (Prague) based company currently investing mainly in the energy sector in Europe, founded in 2009. The group's business lines covers the complete value chain ranging from highly efficient cogeneration, power generation, and natural gas transmission, gas storage, gas and electricity distribution and supply. The majority owner is Czech entrepreneur and lawyer Daniel Křetínský (94%), who is ranked among the richest Czechs in the long term and according to Forbes he became a dollar billionaire in 2017. The remaining 6% is distributed among selected managers of EPH. EPH employs almost 25.000 people and comprises over 50 companies.
Turkey uses more electricity per person than the global average, but less than the European average, with demand peaking in summer due to air conditioning. Most electricity is generated from coal, gas and hydropower, with hydroelectricity from the east transmitted to big cities in the west. Electricity prices are state-controlled, but wholesale prices are heavily influenced by the cost of imported gas.
