Last update of indicator21.12.2022
Renewable energy sources are, besides other factors, fundamental for the green growth. They ensure sustainable, low-carbon energy basis for the green growth.
In the 2005 – 2020 period, the share of energy from RES in the Slovak Republic will increase from 6.4% in 2005 to 17.3% in 2020. Thus, the Slovak Republic met the target of 14% share of RES in 2020. This was mainly due to the year-on-year increase in 2018 and 2019, when the share of RES increased by 5 percentage point compared to the previous year. This overall increase reflected the refined statistics on biomass use and the start of data reporting for heat pumps.
The share of energy from RES increased in the period 2005 – 2020 in all sectors. In 2020, the share of energy from RES in the electricity generation sector was 23,1%, in the heating and cooling sector 19.4% and in the transport sector 9.3%.
Development activities in the use of the biomass potential (in the sector of heat and cold production) and water energy (in the sector of electricity production) have been the focal point.