The Energy Sector and Energy Policy of the Czech Republic

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Actors in, and the Legislative Framework of, the Czech Energy Sector -- State Institutions -- The Ministry of Industry and Trade -- The Ministry of the Environment -- Monitoring Bodies and Other Institutions -- The Legislative Framework of the Energy and Raw Materials Policy of the Czech Republic -- 2000 State Energy Concept -- Strategic Documents in the New Millennium -- State Energy Policy Update of 2015 -- Conclusion -- Sources -- The History of the Czech Energy Sector -- The Three Periods of Development from 1989 to Today

The Restructuring Phase -- The Privatisation Phase -- Unipetrol -- CEZ -- Transgas -- Privatization of the Coal Sector -- Issues Related to EU Accession-Liberalization of the Energy Sector -- Temelín Nuclear Power Plant -- The Third Phase of Development -- EU Membership Through to the Present -- Sources -- The Coal Sector -- Introduction to the Coal Industry -- Deposits, Mine Production, Companies and Traders -- Lignite -- Brown Coal -- Bituminous Coal -- Exploitation of Coal and Trading -- The Regulatory Framework of the Coal Industry -- Demand Forecast -- The Heat Supply Industry

The Issue of Extraction Limits -- Coal War -- Sources -- The Oil Sector -- Introduction -- Deposits, Production, Companies and Traders -- Deposits and the Production of Oil in the Czech Republic -- International Carrier Oil -- Processing Plants -- Distributors -- Traders in Oil Products -- Use of Oil -- The Regulatory Framework of the Oil Industry -- Demand Forecast -- Current Issues and Proposed Projects in the Czech Oil Sector -- Infrastructure Projects -- The Druzhba Pipeline -- Summary -- Sources -- The Natural Gas Sector -- Introduction -- Deposits, Mine Production, Companies and Traders

Deposits and the Production of Natural Gas in the Czech Republic -- Holders of Purchase Contracts -- The Transportation, Transit and Distribution of Natural Gas -- Important Actors on the Czech natural gas market -- Transmission system operator -- Distribution system operators -- Storage system operators -- Gas producers -- Wholesale and Retail Traders -- National Regulatory Authority -- Gas Market Operator -- Czech Gas Association -- Underground Natural Gas Storage -- The Use of Natural Gas -- The Regulatory Framework of the Natural Gas Industry -- The Legislation -- The Energy Regulatory Office

Security of supply -- Demand Forecast -- Current Issues and Projects in the Czech Gasworks Industry -- The development of the Transmission System and of Cross-Border Interconnectors -- Decarbonisation of the gas sector -- Summary -- Sources -- The Nuclear Sector -- Nuclear Power Plants in the Czech Republic -- Deposits, Mine Production, Companies and Traders -- Spent Fuel and the Nuclear Waste Repository -- The Regulatory and Safety Framework of the Nuclear Industry -- The safety framework after the Fukushima accident and change in the perception of nuclear power in the European Union

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