Dátum poslednej aktualizácie:21.12.2022
Selection and methodology of indicator’s assessment is based on the set of indicators proposed by the OECD and addressed by the report: "Green Growth: Monitoring progress towards green growth“. Data relating to the national situation are usually presented in the period between 2000 and 2012. Basic time sequence is changed in those cases when the data are not accessible or when their comparison is not possible due to differing approaches in their collection, assessment, changes in methodology, classification, etc. Summary assessment of indicator’s trend from the green growth perspective is based on a subjective evaluation of the responsible assessor due to the fact that the strategy is not officially implemented in the Slovak Republic and therefore specific objectives have not been defined. Naturally, this assessment builds on the analysis of the past trends, as well as their anticipated direction in view of the measures adopted as to date.
Selected indicators characterize Slovakia's initial position as seen from the perspective of the green growth and were to be used as a measuring tool before further steps are taken in the process of implementation of this strategy and for a complex assessment of the future trend of the Slovak economy. Present set of green growth indicators comprises 32 individual indicators that are relevant in Slovakia's conditions. Four of them are national indicators that describe voluntary instruments of the environmental strategy.
Data used in this document come from the official national or international sources and databases. Assessed trend was reviewed and discussed with the state administration specialists (individual departments of the ministries of Environment, Economy, Labour and Social Affairs and Family, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development) and their professional organisations (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Slovak Environmnet Agency, State Nature Consservancy, Institute for Financial Policy) and also the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic whose databases furnish most of the information.
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.