Economic evaluation of Czech energy mix

Natália Dubničková

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The diploma thesis "Economic evaluation of Czech energy mix" focuses on the proportion of individual sources of electric energy in the total energy mix. The main objective is to evaluate the current energy mix from an economic and environmental point of view. Based on the available data, the thesis points to the basic problems of the mix, and it is especially huge proportion of coal power plants and the associated enormous amount of emissions released into the air. The diploma thesis optimizes the current energy mix by using linear programming and suggests the optimal ratio of the selected energy sources both from an economic and from an environmental perspective. The result obtained lowers the total cost of electricity production, taking into account the promotion of renewable resources and thus achieving the specified target of a 13% share of renewables in gross electricity consumption in 2020. A greater proportion of renewable energy sources will replace coal power plants, which will serve as an additional energy source, which will result in reduced emissions.

Keywords

emission, energy sources, linear programming, renewable resources, sustainable development, evaluation, electricity, energy, energy mix

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 29. 3. 2016

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management