Slovak energy sector fails in going green

Slovak energy sector fails in going green

Slovakia will apparently fail to fulfil its commitments regarding climate change and field of energy, warned the Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic. "Sadly, I have to state we are not meeting our commitments in some fields. I am worried and almost sure that we will fail to fulfil them," said the chair of the Supreme Audit Office, Karol Mitrík. By 2020, the share of energy from renewable sources should make up 14%, however, it has been falling since 2015. At that time it was at the level of 12.9% and fell to 11.5% in two years.

Nevertheless, the Economy Ministry disagrees with the Supreme Audit Office. "The Slovak economy is growing and is more productive, which results in a higher energy consumption - most significantly electricity and fuel for transportation. Thus, mathematically, the share of renewable sources is declining, however, in reality their actual number and use is not declining, but rather growing, explained Miroslav Kohút of the Ministry's media section.

The Supreme Audit Office sees reserves in support for electromobility. According to the public broadcaster RTVS, Slovakia is most significantly lagging behind in its use of alternative fuels. "There is no special support for carbon-based fuels like liquefied gas or compressed gas. We lack support to motivate citizens to use cars with a lower carbon footprint," said Mitrík.

According to experts, the reason for the situation are rules for price policy set up 10 years ago. "The prices were set too high. Now, new and better solutions are auctions, where competition on the price and support should take place," said Jozef Badida, an analyst from the energieprevas.sk portal.

Slovakia's goals for 2030 are even more ambitious - to have 18% of energy obtained from renewable sources.

Mojmir Prochazka, Photo: TASR

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