Country / region  

Czech Republic

Name of programme 

Zelena Usporam (Green Savings)

Type of incentive 

Subsidy

Eligible technologies 

Solar thermal systems, biomass boilers and heat pumps

Applicable sectors 

Primarily residential home owners, who might also have rented their house to somebody.  

Amount 

Hot water systems: Czech Korun (CZK) 55,000
Combi systems, supplying domestic hot water and space heating: CZK 80,000

Maximum incentive 

Fixed subsidies: CZK 55,000 and 80,000 for solar thermal systems 

There is an additional bonus if a home owner combined the installation of a solar system with another environmentally friendly way of heating water or the household itself.

Requirements for system 

The solar system must come from a supplier, which registered with the programme

Requirements for installation 

use of certified components for the system

electrical protection against freezing temperatures

consumer obligation to use the installed solar system for at least 10 years 

Finance provider 

Ministry of the Environment

Total funds 

CZK 25 billion ( approx. EUR 1 billion) for all three technologies: solar thermal systems, biomass boilers and heat pumps

Funding source 

Emission trading under the Kyoto Protocol

Effective date 

March 2009

Expiration date 

31 December 2012

Website 

http://www.zelenausporam.cz/

www.opzp.cz  

http://www.sfzp.cz/

Last review of this tabloid 

August 2009

Contact

Ministry of the Environment

Phone 00420/800 260 500
Email dotazy@sfzp.cz
http://www.zelenausporam.cz/