Renewable Energy and Employment in the Czech Republic

Development of renewable energy sources is primarily focused on environmental topics such as the climate change, or energy security and source availability. Moreover, it reflects new jobs opportunities and establishment of new economy sectors. The contribution deals with renewable energy sources and their dynamic development, which is documented by increasing number of potential jobs in this sec tor. The employment progress in main branches of “ green economy ” of the Czech Republic is analysed, and the collected data with main European trends and the main factors influencing structure of renewable energy sources in the Czech Republic are compared. The main goal of the contribution is to discuss the renewable energy sources benefits for employment and indirectly the Czech Republic competitiveness as well