Wind power plants have no negatives, says expert | iRADIO

In addition to simplifying the permitting process, according to him, the government should support the renewable energy industry even more. “We are an industrial country and we should invest in an industry that has a future,” emphasizes Bursík.

Listen to Jan Bumba’s Interview Plus. The guest is former Minister of the Environment Martin Bursík, president of the European Federation for Renewable Energy Sources

Electricity from renewable sources currently makes up roughly a fifth of Czech production, while in Germany or Spain last year it was half and, for example, in Norway it is almost 100 percent.

According to Bursík, the Czech Republic could reach last year’s European average, which was 44 percent, sometime in 2032-34. He sees great potential, but education is also important: “There is the will of the government when, for example, the prime minister says that we need renewable resources.” But as if it has not yet reached the villages, regions and regions. There are still concerns about something new, mistrust, resistance,” he points out.

The government should therefore explain that renewables are the absolute cheapest available, create jobs and allow us to produce and consume locally without being dependent on imports from abroad.

“Except for an aesthetic barrier for some – people get used to it –then we won’t find any negatives that should be a reason against,” thinks the ex-minister of the environment.

The market decides

Bursík points out that in developing countries there is already a greater installed capacity of renewable energy sources than in developed countries. In the case of photovoltaics, however, up to 90 percent of the technology comes from China, which represents a risk, and that is why the European Union wants to move production back to Europe.

“The production is fully automated and there is no reason why we should produce dramatically more expensive than in China. But it is not happening, because the Chinese occupied it, and we, until the war in Ukraine, perceived energy and the technology for its production as a commodity. And suddenly we realized that these are strategic commodities,” he states.

New types of batteries are also appearing, but according to Bursík, it is not yet possible to estimate which ones will take hold on the market. “How important will the range be for car users, or the fact that when the car is stationary, they will be able to sell the accumulated energy to the grid and thereby stabilize it. We don’t know, it’s a dramatic change and reform,” he adds.

Surpluses from wind and solar power plants can now also be stored in hydrogen. Pilot projects are underway, for example, in Germany, where a law supporting the construction of hydrogen product pipelines was recently approved.

Bursík also points out that wind and photovoltaic power plants complement each other surprisingly well – the former are primarily used in winter, spring and autumn, including at night, and the latter during the rest of the time.

“Today we have about 350 MW installed in wind and about 3500 MW in photovoltaics. If we had 2,500 MW in the wind, which we expect in 2030, there would be no pressure at all from coal-fired power plants that want to continue and continue to be subsidized by the state,” he claims.

Listen to the full interview in Interview Plus at the top of the article.

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