Czechia amends electricity generation licence threshold

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">An amendment to Czechia’s Energy Act has increased the limit for mandatory electricity generation licences from 50 kW to 100 kW. The change applies to solar installations that produce electricity for direct consumption.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The threshold for obtaining a mandatory electricity generation licence in <a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/region/czechia/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Czechia</a> has been increased from 50 kW to 100 kW, Czech energy regulatory office Energetický regulační úřad (ERÚ) has confirmed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is the second time in recent years the threshold has risen, after the limit was increased from 10 kW to 50 kW in 2023.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The change applies to solar power plants that produce electricity for self-consumption or for free sharing only. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ERÚ chairman Jan Šefránek confirmed that a license is still required for power plants that are used for business purposes, or if another power plant is connected to the same consumption point, regardless of the capacity of the system.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“A license is also required for producers who receive support for their power plants under the Act on Supported Energy Sources,” Šefránek added.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The latest amendment to Czechia's Energy Act also introduces new licensing laws for electricity storage. If the storage device is connected via a production plant and its installed capacity is no more than 20% higher than the capacity of the connected plant, it does not require a separate license. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">If multiple electricity storage devices are connected to a single generation plant, the limit applies to them collectively.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Šefránek said that in the future, it will be necessary to significantly revise the entire system of licensed activities in the Energy Act “so that it more closely matches the new environment in which the energy sector finds itself.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The original meaning of issuing licenses has already been surpassed in many cases,&#8221; the chairman added.</span></p>
<p>Czechia deployed <a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/08/05/czechia-deploys-357-mw-of-solar-in-h1/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">357 MW</a> in the first half of 2025, bringing cumulative solar capacity to more than 4.8 GW, according to figures from the Czech solar association Solární Asociace.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, the country’s cybersecurity office warned against the potential <a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/09/08/czech-cybersecurity-agency-warns-against-chinese-solar-inverters/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">security threat</a> posed by Chinese solar inverters.</p>