This article assesses the subject of modern and efficient ways of using energy from wood that has been widely discussed within the scientific lectures on fair TECHAGRO and BIOMASS 2014. The author outlines the development of the cross-section of the use of wood fuels from forest management in the context of the application of forest logging residues, or sawdust from wood processing industry in the energy sector in the Czech Republic.

This article focuses on the issue of creation of operating rules that pertain to the field of operational documentation. Operating rules are an essential part of the efficient operation of the property. This article is targeted to the content site of operating rules by various functional use of objects. A method of operation of the building affects the composition of future operating rules. In this article, the individual include the composition and structure defined according to the method of use of the building.

Three systems dedicated purely for heating of water - one solar thermal and two different photovoltaic - were compared under comparable climate conditions and heat consumption. The comparison was made using simulation software TRNSYS. Subsequently, based on several bids, economic comparison of the three systems was made.

Capacity factor of wind power plants in the Czech Republic according to different sources varies in a huge range from pessimistic “4–14 %” to the optimistic “up to 36 %”. The problem arises when via press releases of the ČTK (Czech Press Agency) erroneous data are distributed, which then influences the public debate.
In fact, the average annual capacity factor of the whole set of wind power plants in the Czech Republic is around 20 % or slightly above this level in the last five years. In the longer term the capacity factor increases, because newer wind farms have annual capacity factor about 25 %.
Pessimistic value of the capacity factor below 15 %, are in a better case based on outdated information, or on data from inconvenient installation locations or turbines with technical problems. In the worst case this involves a focused misinformation. If they are published by not direct opponents of wind energy, suggests such values​​, if they are considered to be related to the total production of electricity from wind in the Czech Republic, the ignorance of the issue.
Optimistic values ​​around 25 % may be related to newer wind turbines in the Czech Republic. Values ​​well above 25 % could be a data of individual wind turbines, results of a shorter period, or the expected results of future installations of which the rated power of the generator is less than would correspond to the size of the rotor.

Concept Data Support Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared this statistical report as a comprehensive national statistics on renewable energy sources. The final part of the report provides statistical data of the categories Energy use of waste and alternative fuels, Hydropower, Wind Power, Photovoltaics, Solar thermal systems, Heat pumps and Geothermal energy.

Concept Data Support Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared this statistical report as a comprehensive national statistics on renewable energy sources. The second part of the report focuses on energetic use of biomass.

One of the most important boundary conditions occuring in the thermal building simulations is the thermal power penetrated into building elements as a result of the solar radiation. Intensities of the solar radiation are usually measured by weather-stations on the horizontal plane, and thus not directly applicable for the computations. Paper provides the methodology for recomputation of the total solar radiation measured by the pyranometer on the horizontal surface to the intensities of arbitrarily oriented wall and provides simulation results for the nineteen days.

In October 2013 in Orange County Great Park in city of Irvine, California, took place the sixth edition of the prestigious international competition of universities U.S. Solar Decathlon 2013. This round took part also Team Czech Republic from the Czech Technical University in Prague, which finished at overall third place. The article describes in detail building services used in the AIR House.

Concept Data Support Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has prepared this statistical report as a comprehensive national statistics on renewable energy sources. First part of the report focuses on the position of RES in the energy balance of the Czech Republic and describes in detail the development of the category of biogas and liquid biofuels.

The conference program was a series of legislative innovations in bio-energy in 2014 and specific topics such as finding the actual owners of photovoltaic power plants, stop the construction of biogas plants, description of the principal markets for pellets, the future specifically grown biomass.

Key messages of the publication Limits to Growth are often misinterpreted, especially in the Czech Republic. For example, the input assumptions of the model World3 are referred to as forecasts. Some of the model scenarios are selected, and then they are referred to as predictions of disaster.

The object of article is to provide basic information about approaches to testing of stoves burning solid fuels in Europe and some other countries. Generally, stoves in Europe are tested according standard EN 13240. However, there’re other standards on national basis, for example Norwegian standards NS3058 and NS3059. If we look away from European border we can found standards which describe methods of stove testing – Australian/New Zealand standards and EPA standards in U.S.A. The article provides information about measuring sets, characterization of used fuels, testing categories for burning periods, measured parameters, emission limits and others things which are in these standards.

Biomass Action Plan envisages the available space in 3 variants with respect to the degree of self-sufficiency in food C.R. Area of fast-growing tree species growing steadily, in terms of total energy production is negligible involvement. By registering, according to the law of ash can be removed from the category of waste, and consequently can be applied as fertilizer.

The object of article is to provide basic information about approaches to testing of stoves burning solid fuels in Europe and some other countries. Generally, stoves in Europe are tested according standard EN 13240. However, there’re other standards on national basis, for example Norwegian standards NS3058 and NS3059. If we look away from European border we can found standards which describe methods of stove testing – Australian/New Zealand standards and EPA standards in U.S.A. The article provides information about measuring sets, characterization of used fuels, testing categories for burning periods, measured parameters, emission limits and others things which are in these standards.

This article describes a photovoltaic generator used for water heating and compares it with the well known solar thermal system. Photovoltaic modules can be connected to the load both directly or via a regulator that tracks the maximal power point of the modules. Measurements and simulations in meteorological conditions of Czech Republic were done to set the energy loss for a system without the regulator. It was found that without the regulator the system can deliver maximally 77 % of energy. To achieve high efficiency of the system, maximal power point tracking has to be used.

The market for wood pellets has grown, which is understandable due to the following market growth with boilers and biomass stoves. On the contrary, the market for agro pellets gradually declining. Pellets from agricultural production are completely different type of fuel than wood pellets. These industrial fuel which is in most cases not suitable for domestic heating.

Thin-walled composites made of fine-grained cement-sand matrix reinforced by alkali-resistant glass fibres are currently used for the range of applications in the building industry, especially as architectural elements and cladding panels. Their advantage is mainly low weight as well as resistance to mechanical and weather impacts. These preconditions led to an innovative solution of cladding elements for accumulation and consecutive utilization of solar energy. Solar energy is transformed into heat energy by the means of an integrated pipe system and the heat achieved is deposited by the means of a heat water reservoir. Element surface can be set with photovoltaic cells. This material is possible to use as a roof panel as well. On the contrary to standard robust photovoltaic panels a difficult superstructure is not necessary and roof structure assembling is much easier. A wide range of simulation trials in interior as well as real tests in exterior was carried out with cooperation of a renowned company from the photovoltaic branch.