Renewable Energy Development In The Czech Republic: Dimension of Social and Humanities

Renewable energy supplyin Czech is increasing from time to time. Renewable energy supply in 2005 is 3.8 % from gross consumption of electricity. In 2010 it became 8 % from gross consumption of electricity, even in 2020 target of the renewable energy supply about 13 % from gross consumption of electricity. In Czech increasing of energy supply from gross consumption of electricity is significant, it's a fact that renewable energy development in Czech is success. Consequently, the increasing and the development on renewable energy is important to be understood and be studied because it will be inspiration and useful experience and information for other countries, especially Indonesia, which has a planning on renewable development. Czech success on renewable energy development cannot be separated from role of some institution and people participation. EU give support the development by EU directive No. 2009/28 EC concerning implementation of The National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPS), state give support the development by producing Act.No. 180/2005 about promotion of electricity from renewable energy, and people support by critic and alternative policy on renewable energy. To understand the supports on the renewable energy development, this book based on Political Economy perspective. Several countries turn its ideological polity to democracy, such as Czech in 1998 which led to a new era of economy and political order. Referring to Political Economy, this condition spares a space between state's power and market mechanism. On the other hand, socialism is still adopted in social, economy and politics discourse in these countries. As noted Isaak (1995, 175) how Eastern European countries manage to develop competitiveness and economic independence after 1998's Revolution, in particular Czech. It seems that the combination of political legacy in previous era and democracy based on market mechanism in the current situation, would lead to a new era ofdevelopment and modernization.