Editing Czech Republic (section)

=== Energy ===
{{Main|Energy in the Czech Republic}}
[[File:Nuclear.power.plant.Dukovany.jpg|thumb|[[Dukovany Nuclear Power Station]]]]
Production of Czech electricity exceeds consumption by about 10 [[Kilowatt hour|TWh]] per year, the excess being exported. [[Nuclear power]] presently provides about 30 percent of the total power needs, its share is projected to increase to 40 percent. In 2005, 65.4 percent of electricity was produced by steam and combustion power plants (mostly coal); 30 percent by nuclear plants; and 4.6 percent came from renewable sources, including hydropower. The largest Czech power resource is [[Temelín Nuclear Power Station]], with another nuclear power plant in [[Dukovany Nuclear Power Station|Dukovany]].

The Czech Republic is reducing its dependence on highly polluting low-grade [[Lignite|brown coal]] as a source of energy. Natural gas is purchased from [[Norway|Norwegian]] companies and as liquefied gas LNG from the [[Netherlands]] and [[Belgium]]. In the past, three-quarters of gas supplies came from [[Russia]], but after the start of the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the government gradually stopped these supplies.<ref>{{Cite web |title='V lednu ani kubík.' Dovoz plynu z Ruska do Česka klesl na nulu, uvedl Síkela |url=https://www.irozhlas.cz/ekonomika/cesko-zasoby-plyn-rusko_2302182048_zuj |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=iROZHLAS |date=18 February 2023 |language=cs}}</ref> Gas consumption (approx. 100 TWh in 2003–2005) is almost double electricity consumption. South Moravia has small [[Oil and gas deposits in the Czech Republic|oil and gas deposits]].