Legal regulation of energy production from solar radiation

1 PRK 25.7.2012 ABSTRACT The thesis focuses on description of the legal regulation of energy production from solar radiation. It is a discourse about the substantial topic for the society, currently still highly actual and consisting not only law, but also economic and environmental overlaps. The thesis classifies solar energy within the energy resources system, compares it with other resources and tries to outline its future exploitation. After explanation of the merit of energy production from the solar radiation and current state of its exploitation, the legal framework of the solar energy as a part of renewables was described. Such description was split into two chapters by the year 2005 and examines the Czech and European law, while it shows the legal regime of the respective area in Germany, France and California. The support of energy production from any renewable resource (not excluding the solar energy) is based on law which shall arise from the conceptual instruments dealt by the author of the thesis in its second half. The author further reviews particular types of support in general and under the Czech law, describes the tax aspects and economic impacts of photovoltaics. He reviews critically the rise of photovoltaic energy in the Czech Republic and enumerates the reasons of the mentioned..